Catherine Storr
Catherine Storr (born July 21, 1913 in London ; † January 6, 2001 there ) was an English children's book author .
Life
She studied English Literature at the Newnham College of the University of Cambridge and later medicine and psychiatry . She practiced as a psychiatrist in London hospitals for 15 years in the 1950s and early 1960s before becoming editor at Penguin Books . During this time she began to develop her own stories. She has published over 30 children's books and some novels for adults.
Her best-known work, Marianne dreams, is about the dreams of a little girl who is tied to the bed for two months. The novel was processed several times for film , radio and television. In 1972 it appeared as a television series on the British broadcaster ITV under the title Escape Into Night and in 1988 as a film under the title Paperhouse .
Storr was first married to the writer and psychiatrist Anthony Storr with whom they had three children. In 1970 she married the Hungarian economist Thomas Balogh .
Works (selection)
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Marianne dreams , Catherine Storr, translation by Christa Mitscha-Märheim, illustrations by Marjorie-Ann Watts, Ueberreuter, Vienna, 1986, ISBN 3-8000-2712-7 (originally published in English in 1958).
- Marianne Dreams , Catherine Storr, illustrated by Marjorie-Ann Watts , Faber and Faber , London, 1958, ISBN 0-571-20212-8 .
- Lucy discovers something , 1969, Engelbert-Verlag.
- Lucy, the little savior , 1979, The Blue Giraffe, ISBN 3-536-00874-7 .
- The boy and the swan , 1989, Ravensburger Buchverlag, ISBN 3-473-34385-4 .
- King Midas , 1993, Heinemann Library, ISBN 0-811-47148-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Catherine Storr in the catalog of the German National Library
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Storr, Catherine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English children's author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 2001 |
| Place of death | London |