# Frank Sargeson

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Roger Donaldson and Ian Mune - Winners and Losers

In 1976, the first prime time drama series to be independently produced in NZ, Winners and Losers, made its debut, featuring seven short story adaptations from some of NZ's finest writers including Katherine Mansfield, Frank Sargeson and Witi Ihimaera. The production - which launched the careers ...

Me, My Shelf and I - Vernacularity - Featuring William Faulkner's Nobel Prize Speech - Mar 26 19

This week's episode explores vernacular languages. It features a poem by Wislawa Szymborska, birthday celebrations for Frank Sargeson and Margaret Mahy, the 1950 Nobel Prize Speech given by William Faulkner, and a song from the Disney film, Cinderella.

Roger Hickin revives the reputation of "forgotten man"

Writer Roderick Finlayson was right in the thick of it during a formative time in New Zealand's literary history. He was a friend and contemporary of other significant writers, including James K Baxter, Frank Sargeson and D'Arcy Cresswell. Roderick's not as well known now, despite being in some ...

Whanganui rainbow heritage building recognised

New Zealand's first rainbow listing of a significant building has just been announced. 23 Ridgway Street in Whanganui was the private office of the city's former Mayor - Charles Mackay. In 1920 Mackay shot returned soldier Walter D'Arcy Cresswell through the chest because Cresswell was threateni ...

Owen Marshall Part 1

Part one of my chat with the completely wonderful Owen Marshall. If you've never read any New Zealand writing before I highly recommend Owen, he sets the bar extremely high. We discuss his early writing days, who influenced him and we talk "practicing your shots..." You can find out more about ...

2026 Sargeson Prize winner

The Sargeson Prize is New Zealand's richest short story competition, named after Frank Sargeson and sponsored by the University of Waikato. Conceived by writer and lecturer Catherine Chidgey, it's open to original, unpublished work of no more than 5,000 words, with a prize of $15,000 for the Ope ...

Michael Hurst reads An Affair of the Heart by Frank Sargeson

Send us Fan Mail Frank Sargeson (1903–1982) was one of New Zealand’s most important and influential short fiction writers.  He lived most of his life in Takapuna in Auckland where this story An Affair of the Heart is set, and his modest home there is now an historic place that can be visited. Ac ...