Janet Frame

New zealand author.

Born August 28th, 1924 in Dunedin. [ref]

Died January 29th, 2004 at 79 years old in Dunedin (leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia). [ref]

Occupations
essayist, novelist, poet, short story writer, writer
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel