JANET FRAME (1947-74)

Pseudonym of JANET PATERSON FRAME CLUTHA.
A leading New Zealand writer.

Janet Frame was the daughter of a railway engineer and was educated in New Zealand.

Her first book The Lagoon (1951) was a collection of short stories expressing the sense of isolation and insecurity of those who feel they do not fit in a normal world.

It was followed by Scented Gardens for the Blind (1964). Owls Do Cry (1960) and experimental novel expanded upon the theme of the Lagoon.

Among her other works are Faces in the Water (1961), The Edge of the Alphabet (1962); Snowman, Snowman and Other Fables; The Reservoir and Other Stories (both 1963), The Adaptable Man (1965); and A state of Siege (1966).