Janet Frame (28 août 1924 – 29 janv. 2004)
Description:
Nene Janet Paterson Clutha was a New Zealand author who published under the name Janet Frame. She wrote novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography. Frame's celebrity derived from her dramatic personal history as well as her literary career. Frame grew up in poverty and experienced traumatic family event, one of which where two children drowned. She had a nervous breakdown and was wronglly diagnosed with schizophrenia, therefore spending some time on a mental hospital. Her autobiographs "To the Is-Land", "An Angel at My Table", "The Envoy From Mirror City" all got film adaptations.Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
28 août 1924
29 janv. 2004
~ 79 years