Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992)
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Rosemary Sutcliff was on born December 14, 1920 in East Clandon in Surrey, England. As a child she had Still's Disease, a form of juvenile arthritis. The effect of this led to many stays in hospital for painful remedial operations. She ended her formal education at fourteen, and went to Bideford mehr anzeigen Art School. She passed the City and Guilds examination and worked as a painter of miniatures. She felt cramped by the small canvas of miniature painting and turned to writing. Her first two books, The Chronicles of Robin Hood and The Queen Elizabeth Story, were published in 1950. Her other works included The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch, Sword Song, and the autobiography Blue Remembered Hills. She won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for The Lantern Bearers in 1959 and the annual Horn Book Award for Tristan and Iseult in 1971. She won inaugural Phoenix Award in 1985 for The Mark of the Horse Lord and again in 2010 for The Shining Company. In 1975, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, and was promoted to be a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1992. She died on July 23, 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Rosemary Sutcliff
Troja und die Rückkehr des Odysseus: Die Geschichte der Ilias und der Odyssee (1995) 1,116 Exemplare
Der Schildwall: Eine Erzählung aus der Zeit der Normannenherrschaft in England (1956) — Autor — 256 Exemplare
The Best of Rosemary Sutcliff: Warrior Scarlet, the Mark of the Horselord, Knight's Fee (1987) 76 Exemplare
The Eagle of the Ninth: A BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) (1999) 12 Exemplare
Road to Camlann, The: The Death of King Arthur 2 Exemplare
Writing a Historical Novel 1 Exemplar
Dawn Wind, Outcast, The Mark of the Horse Lord [3 volumes of Rosemary Sutcliff's works] (1961) 1 Exemplar
The Man Who Died At Sea 1 Exemplar
Licht über fernen Hügeln: Erinnerungen 1 Exemplar
Beowulf der Drachentöter. ( Ab 9 J.). 1 Exemplar
Blutfehde 1 Exemplar
Wettkampf in Olympia 1 Exemplar
Flowering Dagger 1 Exemplar
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- Geburtstag
- 1920-12-14
- Todestag
- 1992-07-23
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- West Sussex
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- East Clandon, Surrey, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- Arundel, Sussex, England, UK
Surrey, England, UK
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- Bideford Art School
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- novelist
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- Order of the British Empire (Officer ∙ 1975)
Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 1992) - Kurzbiographie
- Rosemary Sutcliff was born in England and spent her childhood in Malta and various other naval bases at which her father, a Royal Navy officer, was stationed. She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at a young age and used a wheelchair most of her life. She left school at age 14 and entered Bideford Art School, which she attended for three years. She worked as a painter of miniatures and began her published writing career in 1950 with The Chronicles of Robin Hood. Her best-known work, The Eagle of the Ninth, was published in 1954. Although she was considered primarily a children's author, much of her work also appeals to adults. Sutcliff won many awards for her writing, and is published worldwide. She never married.
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Rosemary Sutcliff in Roman and Dark Ages Britain (November 2018)
Book Discussion: Arthurian Themed Read *Spoiler Free* in The Green Dragon (März 2008)
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Das Buch hat mir gut gefallen. Es war angenehm zu lesen, sehr geradlinig, mit einem anständigen Spannungsbogen. Sowohl die Charaktere als auch die Landschaften waren anschaulich beschrieben.
Man merkt, dass sich die Autorin auf die Materie gut vorbereitet hat (nach damaligem Wissensstand), und auch sonst gibt es keinen Dilettantismus (beschriebene Pflanzen und Tiere sowie deren Verhalten - wenn bei sowas geschlampt wird, werde ich immer grantig).
Die Geschichte war - dem Zeitgeist geschuldet? - eher pathetisch, es ging um Treue, Ehre, Freundschaft in einer idealisierten Welt, in der sogar die Feinde ehrbar waren.
Das ganze war auch relativ vorhersehbar - vor allem, als das erste Mal über die 12-13 jährige entsetzte Zuschauerin der Saturnalienspiele geschrieben wurde, war klar, dass sie und der Protagonist als Paar enden.
Richtig witzig fand ich das Augenzwinkern Richtung Jane Austen, als Cottia mit ihrer Tante zur Kur nach Aquae Sulis (Bath!) fahren musste.
Für Jugendliche auf jeden Fall geeignet, aber auch für Erwachsene spannend und unterhaltsam.… (mehr)