Ngaio Marsh, 1895–1982

Authors

  • Bruce Harding

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/knznq.v7i1.778

Abstract

Dame Ngaio Marsh, the detective novelist, dramatist, short-story writer, theatre producer, non-fiction writer, scriptwriter, autobiographer, painter and critic was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 23 April 1895.

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Bruce Harding

References

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Harding, Bruce. ‘The New Zealand Stories of Ngaio Marsh’. Landfall 142, 36:4 (December 1982): 447-460.

Harding, Bruce. ‘The Twin Sisters in the Family of Fiction’: Pirandellian Praxis and the Dramatic Narratives of Ngaio Marsh.’ Clues: A Journal of Detection, 22:1 (Spring/Summer 2001): 135-157.

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Weinkauf, Mary S. and Mary A. Burgess, eds. Murder Most Poetic: The Mystery Novels of Ngaio Marsh. San Bernadino, California: Bargo Press, 1996.

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Published

2007-06-08