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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Frame, Janet (1924-2004)
Titre(s) : Jay to Bee [Texte imprimé] : Janet Frame's letters to William (Bill) Theophilus Brown, 1969-1971 / edited by Denis Harold
Publication : Berkeley (Calif.) : Counterpoint, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-411 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Machine generated contents note ; Usa -- ; November 1969 to March 1970 -- ; New Zealand
-- ; March 1970 to January 1971.
Note(s) : "In 1951, just days before her scheduled lobotomy after years in a mental hospital,
New Zealand author Janet Frame's first collection of short stories unexpectedly won
the Hubert Church Memorial Award, one of the country's most prestigious honors. The
procedure was cancelled, and Frame would go on to become one of the seminal authors
of contemporary New Zealand literature. During her time at the MacDowell artist's
colony in New Hampshire, Frame met painter William Theophilus Brown, and their friendship
resulted in a whimsical and artistic correspondence that lasted until Frame's death
in 2004. In Brown, Frame found an ideal listener who inspired her to take the art
of letter writing to new creative heights; over the course of their correspondence,
Frame included character sketches, personal disclosures, invented tales, and over
300 of her own doodles and collages. This compilation of over xxx letters and original
illustrations has been published nowhere else in the world, including Frame's home
country of New Zealand. This moving and enlightening correspondence opens up the hopes,
fears, joys, and inner machinations of one of New Zealand's most renowned authors,
and offers a side of her dramatic personal history often ignored or misunderstood
by the public. The closeness and intimacy of the two artists allows for unfettered
wordplay, where Janet is merely "Jay", Bill merely "Bee", and granular, unprocessed
creativity is allowed to flow freely; the result is a book that vividly captures the
brilliantly unique wit that was Janet Frame."
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Harold, Denis (1950-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Frame, Janet (1924-2004) -- Amis et relations
Brown, William Theo (1919-2012) -- Correspondance
Genre ou forme : Correspondance
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781619027282. - ISBN 1619027283 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb451964311
Notice n° :
FRBNF45196431
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