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Janet Frame
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Memorial Page for Janet Frame

Aug 28, 1924 – Jan 29, 2004(79 years)Died in:Dunedin, Otago Region

New Zealand author

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Occupation(5)

novelistessayistpoetwritershort story writer

Awards(6)

Order of New Zealandhonorary doctor of the University of WaikatoCommonwealth Writers' Prizehonorary doctor of the University of OtagoPrime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)Robert Burns Fellowship

Education(1)

University of Otago

Janet Frame (* August 28, 1924 in Dunedin; † January 29, 2004 in Dunedin) was a new Zealand author. She was 79 years old. She studied at University of Otago. She received 6 awards, including Order of New Zealand, honorary doctor of the University of Waikato. Her cause of death was leukemia. She was buried at Oamaru Old Cemetery.

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Born in Dunedin, Otago Region

1924

Robert Burns Fellowship

1965

honorary doctor of the University of Otago

1978

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

1989

Order of New Zealand

1990

honorary doctor of the University of Waikato

1992

Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Fiction)

2003

Died in Dunedin, Otago Region (leukemia)

2004

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Janet Frame. Forever remembered.