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Sarah Janet Leggott | |
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| Born | 1970 |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
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| Fields | Spanish literature, autobiography |
| Institutions | Victoria University of Wellington |
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Sarah Janet Leggott (born 1970) is a New Zealand literature academic. She is currently a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington. [1]
After a 1999 PhD titled 'Reinscribing the female historical subject : auto/biographical voices of contemporary Spanish women writers' at the University of Auckland, she moved to the Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor. [1]
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