Barbara Leonie Picard (1917–2011)
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Kingfisher Christmas Book: A Collection of Stories, Poems and Carols for the Twelve Days of Christmas (1985) — Mitwirkender — 27 Exemplare
Dragons, Unicorns, and Other Magical Beasts: A dictionary of fabulous creatures with old tales and verses about them (1966) — Mitwirkender — 15 Exemplare
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- Picard, Barbara Leonie
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- 1917-12-17
- Todestag
- 2011-12-15
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- female
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- England
UK - Geburtsort
- London, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- France
Seaford, Sussex, England, UK - Berufe
- librarian
fairy tale writer
historical novelist
children's book author
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- Carnegie Medal commendation (1954, for Lady of the Linden Tree, 1956, for Ransom for a Knight, and 1965, for One Is One)
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- Born of a French father and Venezuelan-German mother; her parents separated when she was young, and she lived a rather reclusive life as a child. After graduating high school, she became a librarian. During WWII, she began to write, and her first book of fairy tales, The Mermaid and the Simpleton, was published in 1949. She subsequently wrote The Faun and the Woodcutter's Daughter (1951). These tales were modeled on those of Oscar Wilde and Andersen, whose works she much admired. At Oxford University Press' request, she began writing retellings of epics, myths, and legends, in which she had always been interested. She also wrote historical novels for children, her best-received being One is One (1965), of which one reviewer said "it has the cleansing power of a great literary experience." Aside from folk culture, mythology & comparative religion, archaeology, primitive and Oriental music, she likes: "clocks, the climate of the British Isles, trees, animals of every kind," theatre, opera, embroidery, and Japanese prints. Sources: Something About the Author 2 (1971); Gale Literature Resource Center (accessed May 8, 2009)
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But look further and you will see that there are many moral questions in this book as well, such as; is the arrogant distance between gentry and the lower classes ever a good thing? Is thievery bad when the situation is desperate? Does honour require you keep your promise even when the promise was made on a lie? Can a villain ever be truly reformed? and what do you do when the main characters who you are supposed to like, casually and positively talk about the slave trade?
This book leaves many of these questions open for each reader's interpretation.… (mehr)