Lillian Beckwith

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Lillian Beckwith (actually Lillian Comber , nee Lloyd ; * 1916 in Ellesmere Port , Cheshire , † January 3, 2004 on the Isle of Man ) was an English writer .

Life

Beckwith was born Lillian Lloyd in 1916. Her father's grocer was the background for her first autobiographical book, which describes family life around 1920 from the perspective of a child.

In 1937 she married Ted Comber, with whom she moved to the Isle of Skye in 1942, during World War II , where the couple lived for nearly twenty years. Beckwith has described her experiences there in other warm-hearted books. After leaving the Hebrides, she moved to the Isle of Man in 1962, where she lived until her death in 2004.

Works

  • 1959 The Hills Is Lonely (1973 German: An unusual vacation , translation: Eva-Maria Ledig, as well as 1993 In der Einsamkeit der Hügel , translation: Isabella Nadolny)
  • 1961 The Sea for Breakfast (1973 German: Often it is laughable , translation: Eva-Maria Ledig, and 1993 The Sea for Breakfast , translation: Isabella Nadolny)
  • 1964 The Loud Halo (1994 German: On the islands differently , translation: Isabella Nadolny)
  • 1967 Green Hand
  • 1968 A Rope - in Case (1995 German: A fresh wind from the sea , translation: Isabella Nadolny)
  • 1971 About My Father's Business
  • 1973 Lightly Poached (1996 German: The salmon in a sweater , translation: Isabella Nadolny)
  • 1975 Beautiful Just
  • 1976 Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Cookbook
  • 1978 Bruach Blend
  • 1981 The Spuddy (German: Strolch, the random dog , translation: Ulla de Herrera)
  • 1984 A Shine of Rainbows
  • 1986 A Proper Woman
  • 1988 The Bay of Strangers
  • 1989 The Small Party
  • 2002 A Breath of Autumn

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personal data
SURNAME Beckwith, Lillian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Comber, Lillian (real name); Lloyd, Lillian (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellesmere Port
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 2004
Place of death Isle of Man