biography
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Sargeson, Frank
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pseudonym of Norris Frank Davey
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pronunciation:
[sah(r)jeson]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1903–83)
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| biography:
| Short-story writer and novelist, born in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. He qualified as a lawyer but did not practise. He took various menial jobs, but his main energy was devoted to writing novels and short stories. He made his name with collections of short stories such as Conversation with My Uncle (1936), A Man and His Wife (1940), and That Summer and Other Stories (1946), satirizing the provincial attitudes of his surroundings. His novels include I Saw in My Dream (1949), The Hangover (1967), and Man of England Now (1972). |
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