JM Barrie

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Barrie's grave in Kirriemuir

Sir James Matthew "JM" Barrie, 1st Baronet OM (born May 9, 1860 in Kirriemuir , Scotland , † June 19, 1937 in London ) was a Scottish writer and playwright . Peter Pan is his most famous literary figure.

life and work

James M. Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Angus , Scotland, the ninth child and third son of David and Margaret Barrie (nee Ogilvy). His father was a weaver. His mother encouraged him to educate himself by reading. Barrie attended Dumfries Academy . He completed his studies at the University of Edinburgh in 1882 as a Master of Arts . He then worked as a journalist for the Nottingham Journal until he moved to London in 1885. In 1894 he married the actress Mary Ansell; the marriage ended in divorce in 1909, childless. In 1913 Barrie was bestowed the hereditary title of Baronet , of Adelphi Terrace in the City of Westminster. He died in 1937 and was buried in Kirriemuir. His parents, his sister and his brother David, who died at the age of 13, also rest there. Since he left no children, his title of nobility expired on his death. In 1929 he was elected as an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters .

Barrie's first two novels are set in Thrums , but reveal the place as Kirriemuir, his birthplace. He then wrote for the theater, including Quality Street , What Every Woman Knows and The Admirable Crichton . He became famous in 1904 through Peter Pan . This figure was inspired by the children George, Jack, Peter, Michael and Nico of his friend Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies. After his mother's death in 1910, Barrie took care of and raised the five boys. As a child friend, Barrie bequeathed all rights to Peter Pan's books, films and plays to Great Ormond Street Hospital , a London children's hospital. In 1988 the British Parliament passed a law (Section 301, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ), according to which the hospital's copyrights to Peter Pan in Great Britain - unlike in general copyright law ( standard protection period ) - do not expire over time.

The suggestion that Barrie had pedophile tendencies was re-enacted, but it could never be proven. It last appeared in the English press in 2000.

Barrie's birthplace at 4 Brechin Road has been set up as a museum by the National Trust for Scotland .

In October 2004 the film Finding Neverland was released , which portrays the life of Barrie (played by Johnny Depp ) and the creation of his fantasy world around Peter Pan . However, the film does not see itself as purely biographical and changed many facts. The German version of the film started under the title When Dreams Learn to Fly in February 2005.

Others

Barrie's book Quality Street was used by the Mackintosh company from 1936 to denote a series of high-quality pralines and toffees . The packaging in cardboard boxes and metal cans adorn two figures, "The Major and the Lady", which are also borrowed from Barrie's piece.

Works (selection)

Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens , London
  • Auld light idylls. 1888.
  • A Window in Thrums. 1890.
  • The Little Minister. 1891.
  • Jane Annie. (1893). Comic opera, co-writer Arthur Conan Doyle .
  • Sentimental Tommy. 1896.
  • Quality Street. 1901.
  • The Little White Bird. 1901.
Little white bird. Novel. German by Michael Klein. Gollenstein Verlag, 2010.
  • The Admirable Crichton. 1902.
  • Tommy and Grizel. 1902.
  • Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. 1904.
  • What Every Woman Knows. 1908.
  • The Twelve Pound Look. 1910.
  • Peter and Wendy. 1911.
  • Dear Brutus. 1917.
  • Mary Rose. 1920th play.
  • The Boy David. 1936.

In German language

  • How my mother got her gentle face. Stories. Translated and with an afterword by Michael Klein. Morio Verlag, Heidelberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-945424-45-2 .
  • Goodbye, Miss Julie Logan. Translated and with an afterword by Heiko Postma. JMB Verlag, Hannover 2012.
  • Margaret Ogilvy. From her son. Translated by Nadine Erler . Verlag 28 Eichen, Barnstorf 2018, ISBN 978-3-96027-107-9 .

literature

  • Heinz Günnewig: Approaching James Matthew Barrie. University of Luxembourg, 2010, ISBN 978-2-87971-045-7 .
  • John Alexander Hammerton: Barrie: The Story of a Genius. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York 1929.
  • Denis Mackail: The Story of JMB. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1941.
  • Roger Lancelyn Green: Fifty Years of Peter Pan. Peter Davies, London 1954.
  • Roger Lancelyn Green: JM Barrie. Henry Z. Walck, New York 1961.
  • Cynthia Asquith: Portrait of Barrie. James Barrie, London 1954.
  • Janet Dunbar: JM Barrie. The Man Behind the Image. Collins, London 1970.
  • Allen Wright: JM Barrie. Glamor of twilight. Ramsay Head, Edinburgh 1976.
  • Andrew Birkin: JM Barrie and the Lost Boys. The real story behind Peter Pan. Constable, London 1979, (New edition: Yale University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-300-09822-7 ).
  • Jacqueline Rose: The Case of Peter Pan, or the impossibility of children's fiction. Macmillan, London 1984.
  • Leonee Ormond: JM Barrie. Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh 1987, ISBN 0-7073-0504-7 .
  • Bruce K. Hanson: The Peter Pan Chronicles. The Nearly 100 Year History of "the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". Carol Publishing Corporation, New York 1993, ISBN 1-55972-160-X .
  • Susan Bivin Aller: JM Barrie. The Magic Behind Peter Pan. Lerner Publications, 1994, ISBN 0-8225-4918-2 .
  • Kathleen Kelley-Laine: Peter Pan. The Story of Lost Childhood. Element Books, 1997, ISBN 1-86204-009-5 .
  • Lisa Chaney: Hide-and-seek with angels. A life of JM Barrie. Arrow Books, London 2006, ISBN 0-09-945323-1 .
  • Barrie, James Matthew . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 3 : Austria - Bisectrix . London 1910, p. 435 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).

Web links

Commons : James Barrie  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Honorary Members: James Barrie. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Justine Picardie: How bad was JM Barrie? In: The Telegraph. London, July 13, 2008, Retrieved July 22, 2009.
  3. ↑ James Jump up Parker: The real Peter Pan. In: The Boston Globe. Boston.com. February 22, 2004, Retrieved July 22, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Barrie, JM
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish novelist and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirriemuir , Forfarshire, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1937
Place of death London