WRITER

Janet Frame

1924 - 2004

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Janet Paterson Frame (28 August 1924 – 29 January 2004) was a New Zealand author. She is internationally renowned for her work, which includes novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awards including being appointed to the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civil honour.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 debut publication of short stories was unexpectedly awarded a national literary prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janet Frame has received more than 756,119 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Janet Frame is the 3,828th most popular writer (down from 2,998th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 31st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular New Zealander Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Owls do cry
1957
A state of siege
1966
Daughter buffalo
1972
To the is-land
New Zealand Authors, Biography
1982
Scented gardens for the blind
1963
Faces in the water
1961

Page views of Janet Frames by language

Over the past year Janet Frame has had the most page views in the with 87,679 views, followed by French (8,600), and Spanish (7,680). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (55.29%), Armenian (52.78%), and Breton (33.33%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Janet Frame ranks 3,828 out of 7,302. Before her are Irmgard Keun, Amira Hass, Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, Mikayil Mushfig, Cui Hao, and David Brin. After her are Johann Most, Vladimir Odoyevsky, Srečko Kosovel, Botho Strauß, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Konstantin Aksakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Janet Frame ranks 250. Before her are Jean-Michel Charlier, Erik Balling, Friederike Mayröcker, Gloria Vanderbilt, Jimmy Gardner, and Qiao Shi. After her are Sonny Stitt, Marcel Domingo, Rainer Barzel, Theodore Bikel, Vladimir Semichastny, and Olga Gyarmati. Among people deceased in 2004, Janet Frame ranks 162. Before her are Dimebag Darrell, Carrie Snodgress, Alexander Ragulin, Mildred McDaniel, Evelyn Mase, and Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu. After her are Christl Cranz, Carvalho Leite, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Torsten Hägerstrand, Gennadi Strekalov, and Tony Randall.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Janet Frame ranks 37 out of 303. Before her are Raymond Firth (1901), Richard Curtis (1956), Peter Snell (1938), Manu Bennett (1969), Clive Revill (1930), and Taika Waititi (1975). After her are Gary Thain (1948), Rob Hall (1961), Ronald Syme (1903), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Keith Urban (1967), and Jacinda Ardern (1980).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Janet Frame ranks 3. Before her are Katherine Mansfield (1888), and Richard Curtis (1956). After her are Ngaio Marsh (1895), Hugh Walpole (1884), Margaret Mahy (1936), Keri Hulme (1947), Anthony McCarten (1961), Ruth Park (1917), and Philippa Boyens (2000).

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