Janet Frame, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Janet Frame

New Zealand author

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1924

Place of Birth: Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 29-Jan-2004

Profession: writer, poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Nene Janet Paterson Clutha (28 August 1924 – 29 January 2004) 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.
Following years of psychiatric hospitalisation, Frame was scheduled for a lobotomy that was cancelled when, just days before the procedure, her début publication of short stories was unexpectedly awarded a national literary prize.