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Informationen zum Autor Janet Frame (1924-2004) is New Zealand's most famous writer. She was a novelist, poet, essayist and short-story writer. She sought the support and company of fellow writers and set out single-mindedly and courageously to achieve her goal of being a writer. She wrote her first novel, Owls Do Cry while staying with her mentor Frank Sargeson, and then left New Zealand, not to return for seven years. Her autobiography inspired Jane Campion's acclaimed film, An Angel at My Table . She was an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Literature and won the Commonwealth Literature Prize. In 1983 she was awarded the CBE. Klappentext 'One of the great autobiographies of the twentieth century . . . It is a heroic story, and told with such engaging tone, humorous perspective and imaginative power' Michael Holroyd, Sunday Times Gathered here are all three volumes of Janet Frame's vivid and haunting autobiography, with a heartfelt introduction from Jane Campion, in a new edition to celebrate the centenary of Frame's birth. Illuminated with her skill and lyricism as a novelist and poet, An Angel at my Table records not only the extraordinary facts of Janet Frame's life, but her flourishing as a writer. Born into a poor but intellectually intense family, she was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman and incarcerated for several years in psychiatric institutions. She escaped undergoing a lobotomy when it was discovered that she had just won a national literary prize - and went on to become New Zealand's most acclaimed writer. As she says more than once in this autobiography: 'My writing saved me.' 'The greatest New Zealand writer. She is utterly herself. Any one of her books could be published today and it would be ground-breaking' Eleanor Catton 'Frame's haunting and powerful trilogy is one of the greatest of autobiographies' Hilary Mantel Vorwort The acclaimed autobiography of New Zealand's most revered writer. Introduced by Jane Campion, who made An Angel at My Table into an award-winning film. Zusammenfassung The acclaimed autobiography of New Zealand's most revered writer. Introduced by Jane Campion, who made An Angel at My Table into an award-winning film....
