Marjorie Boulton

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Marjorie Boulton (born May 7, 1924 in Teddington , London , † August 30, 2017 ) was a British literary scholar and writer .

Life

Boulton studied at Somerville College , Oxford University , and was the director of a college for aspiring teachers for a long time. After that she made a living from her journalistic activities. She wrote literary works in English, while writing poetry and prose in Esperanto . Boulton's first volume of poetry was published in Esperanto in 1955. In addition, Boulton wrote a biography of the inventor of Esperanto, Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof . Most recently she was chairman of the two Esperanto organizations Kat-amikaro and ODES.

Works

Marjorie Boulton 2003 with Humphrey Tonkin

Esperanto writings

  • Contrarian (1955)
  • Kvarpieda kamerado (1956)
  • Cent ĝojkantoj (1957)
  • Eroj kaj aliaj (1959)
  • Virino ĉe la landlimo (1959)
  • Zamenhof, aŭtoro de Esperanto (1962)
  • Dek du piedetoj (1964)
  • Okuloj (1967)
  • Nia sango: teatraĵo por ok personoj (1970)
  • Ni aktoras: tri komedietoj (1971)
  • Rimleteroj korespondaĵoj kun William Auld (1976)
  • Poeto fajrokora: la Verkaro de Julio Baghy (1983)
  • Factoj kaj fantazioj (1984)
  • Ne nur leteroj al plum-amikoj: Esperanta literaturo - fenomeno unika (1984)
  • You el (1985)

Literary writings

  • Anatomy of Drama Routledge (1968)
  • Anatomy of Poetry Routledge (1968)
  • Anatomy of Language Routledge (1968)
  • The Anatomy of the Novel Routledge (1991)
  • Reading for Real Life Macmillan (1971)
  • The Anatomy of Literary Studies: An Introduction to the Study of English Literature Routledge (1980)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marjorie Boulton obituary in The Guardian , accessed December 15, 2019
  2. ↑ Tim Owen: Marjorie Boulton passes away . ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Esperanto Association of Britain, 31 August 2017 (esperanto). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / esperanto.org.uk
personal data
SURNAME Boulton, Marjorie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British literary scholar and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Teddington , London
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 2017