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Haurongo: King, Michael

King and Frame

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Michael King and Janet Frame, seated beside each other and smiling broadly.

Michael King’s next major project after his Sargeson book was a biography of the writer Janet Frame, produced with the co-operation of its subject. He subsequently produced a shorter illustrated book about Frame, An inward sun (2002). Watch King talk about Frame’s life in the documentary Wrestling with the angel on NZ On Screen.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: P2009-016-003

by Reg Graham

Permission of the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips. 'King, Michael', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47747/king-and-frame (accessed 4 June 2026).