Mary Renault (1905–1983)
Forfatter af The King Must Die
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Associated Works
The Collected Classical Stories and Classic Who Dunnits/boxed Set (2 volume set) (1996) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
Heroic Adventure Stories: From the Golden Age of Greece and Rome (1996) — Bidragyder — 16 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Renault, Mary
- Juridisk navn
- Challans, Eileen Mary
- Andre navne
- Challans, Mary
- Fødselsdato
- 1905-09-04
- Dødsdag
- 1983-12-13
- Begravelsessted
- Cremated
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- London, England, UK
- Dødssted
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Dødsårsag
- cancer
- Bopæl
- Durban, South Africa
- Uddannelse
- University of Oxford (St. Hugh's College | English | BA | 1928)
University of Oxford (Radcliffe Infirmary) - Erhverv
- nurse
novelist
biographer
radio writer - Organisationer
- Black Sash Movement
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- MGM Prize (Return to Night, 1948)
- Agent
- Gordon Wise (Curtis Brown)
- Kort biografi
- Mary Renault received a degree in English from Oxford University in 1928. In 1933 she began training as a nurse at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. During her training, she met Julie Mullard, a fellow nurse, with whom she established a lifelong romantic relationship.
Renault worked as a nurse while beginning a writing career, publishing her first novel, Purposes of Love, in 1939. Her historical novels, set in ancient Greece, were popular throughout the English-speaking world. In 1948, after her novel Return to Night won a prize worth $150,000, Renault and Mullard emigrated to South Africa, where they lived together for the rest of their lives. They were critical of apartheid and participated in the Black Sash movement in the 1950s.
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Discussions
British Author Challenge February 2022: Mary Renault & Timothy Mo i 75 Books Challenge for 2022 (august 2022)
Mary Renault's Alexander Trilogy i Folio Society Devotees (december 2013)
Mary Renault i Book talk (juli 2013)
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