Elizabeth Goudge

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Elizabeth Goudge (born April 24, 1900 in Wells , Somerset , † April 1, 1984 in Rotherfield Peppard) was an English writer. She was best known for the children's book The Little White Horse .

Life

After she was born in Wells , England , she moved to Ely with her family . When her father, Henry Leighton Goudge, was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity at the Oxford Christ Church College in 1923 , she followed her parents to Oxford . As a freelance writer, she lived in seclusion in Rotherfield , Oxfordshire from 1966 until her death .

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After her first book The Fairies' Baby and Other Stories was not very successful in 1919, she only published her second work in 1934 with Island Magic (German: Inselzauber ). In 1946 she was awarded the traditional Carnegie Medal for The Little White Horse . The book was filmed in 1994 under the title Moonacre for British television; the newer theatrical version premiered in 2008 under the title The Secret of Moon Princess ( The Secret of Moonacre ). The 1944 novel Green Dolphin Country was also filmed as Green Dolphin Street and won an Oscar for special effects in 1947 .

Novels

A large part of the German translations is only available in antiquarian form.

City of bells

  • City of bells (Engl. A City of Bells , 1936)
  • Under the Towers of Oxford (English Towers in the Mist , 1938)
  • The will of Mr. Adam ( The Dean's Watch , 1960)

Eliots of Damerosehay

  • The bird in the tree (Engl. The Bird in the Tree , 1940)
  • The Inn on the River ( The Herb of Grace , also The Pilgrim's Inn , 1948)
  • The heart of the family (Engl. The Heart of the Family , 1953)

Novels

  • Inselzauber (English Island Magic , 1934)
  • The Middle Window (1935)
  • The Castle on the Hill (1941)
  • The Green Dolphin Country , 1944
  • Gentian Hill (Engl. Gentian Hill , 1949)
  • The Rosemary Tree (Engl. The Rosemary Tree , 1956)
  • The White Witch (Engl. The White Witch , 1958)
  • The Scent of Water (1963)
  • The girl from the sea (Engl. The Child From the Sea , 1970)

Children's books

  • Sister of the Angels: A Christmas Story (1939)
  • Smokey House (1940)
  • The Well of the Star (1941)
  • Henrietta's Christmas (English Henrietta's House , 1942)
  • The Little White Horse (Engl. The Little White Horse , 1946)
  • Make-Believe (1949)
  • The Valley of Song (1951)
  • The secret of the cave at Löwenfels ( Linnets and Valerians , 1964)
  • Three ships came across the sea ( I Saw Three Ships , 1969)

Autobiography

  • Rainbow of my Life ( The Joy of the Snow , 1974)

In addition, she wrote a number of religious works, such as a book on Francis of Assisi (1959).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moonacre in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  2. ↑ The Secret of Moonacre in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data
SURNAME Goudge, Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Wells , Somerset
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1984
Place of death Rotherfield Peppard