Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Denys James Watkins-Pitchford (born July 25, 1905 in Lamport, Northamptonshire , † October 8, 1990 ), pseudonym BB , was a British writer .

biography

Waktins-Pitchford was born in Lamport, Northamptonshire in the UK . He first attended the Northampton School of Art , then studied in Paris and then graduated from the Royal College of Art in London . After graduating from college, he took up the profession of teacher and worked as an assistant to an art teacher at the well-known rugby school in Warwickshire. In 1944 he wrote the youth novel “ Brendon Chase ” under the pseudonym BB, which was a worldwide success that was translated into several languages ​​and even made into a film in 1980 (German: Im Schatten der Oule , translated by Annemarie Böll ). Previously, he was in 1942 for " The Little Gray Men (" The Imp travel ) with the Carnegie Medal was awarded. Since Watkins-Pitchford from then on spent a lot of time writing and was able to earn enough money through this work, he gave up his profession as a teacher in 1947 and devoted himself fully to his work as a writer. Watkins-Pitchford preferred to treat so-called "wildlife" topics, ie stories that revolve around life in and with nature. In addition to Brendon Chase , Manka The Sky Gypsy and Wild Lone were among them. He also wrote a series of fantastic stories for children set in the Magical Forest of Boland . Dominik Dachs ' adventures , which appeared in several volumes, are among the best-known works in Germany .

Web links

• Literature by and about Denys Watkins-Pitchford in the catalog of the German National Library