21 Mar 2019

NZ Biography: Frank Sargeson

From Afternoons, 2:29 pm on 21 March 2019

This week our biography subject is one of the most distinctive and influential writers in this country's history, Frank Sargeson. Alex Calder from Auckland university joins us to talk about his life and work. He wrote the book The Settler's Plot: How Stories Take Place in New Zealand.

Frank Sargeson at his bach

Frank Sargeson at his bach Photo: John Reece Cole 1/2-022683-F / permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library