Frank Sargeson
1903–1982
(Person)
Also known as: Norris Davey.
Short-story writer, novelist, playwright.
Genealogy
Parents: Rachel Sargeson, Edwin John Davey
Subject of Texts
Mentioned in
- A Book in the Hand: Essays on the History of the Book in New Zealand
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Collected Poems
- Fretful Sleepers and Other Essays
- Hilltop: A Literary Paper. Volume 1 Number 2
- Indirections: A Memoir 1909-1947
- Island Stories
- James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 4
- Kōtare 1999, Volume Two, Number Two
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number One
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number Two
- Kōtare 2004, Volume Five, Number One
- Kōtare 2006, Volume Six
- Kōtare 2007, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series One: ‘Women Prose Writers to World War I’
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Three: ‘The Early Poets’
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
- Letters and Art in New Zealand
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
- Sport 22: Autumn 1999
- Sport 28: Autumn 2002
- The Home Front Volume II
- The New Zealand Novel 1860-1965
- The Woman Problem & other prose
- Writing Wellington: Twenty Years of Victoria University Writing Fellows
Cited in
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Kōtare 2004, Volume Five, Number One
- Kōtare 2006, Volume Six
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Three: ‘The Early Poets’
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
Image Gallery
.jpg "Frank Sargeson and Harry Doyle. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ, John Reece Cole Collection, PAColl-3143, F-27776-1/4")
.jpg "Landfall — NZ’s Foremost Literary Magazine")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Frank Sargeson":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.