Lloyd Osbourne

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Osbourne and Stevenson in the background, 1884

Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (born April 7, 1868 in San Francisco , California , † May 22, 1947 in Glendale , California) was an American writer and the stepson of the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson . Stevenson wrote his world-famous adventure novel Treasure Island for Lloyd , which is dedicated to him.

Life

Osbourne's parents were Samuel and Fanny Osbourne , née Vandegrift (1840-1914). After their divorce, Fanny married Robert Louis Stevenson when Lloyd was twelve in 1880. A little later, Lloyd and Robert Louis drew the map of a fictional island, which became the inspiration for Stevenson's famous adventure novel Treasure Island .

Mother Fanny

Osbourne studied engineering at the University of Edinburgh . He later moved to Samoa with Stevenson and his mother , where he was appointed Vice Consul of the United States of America in 1897 . Osbourne co-authored three books with his stepfather and also contributed to the success of other works.

From left: Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson, King Kalākaua and Stevenson's mother Margaret in Hawaii , 1889

Osbourne married Katherine Durham in Honolulu on April 9, 1896 and divorced in 1914. Their children were Alan (* 1897) and Louis (* 1900). They remarried in 1916 on condition that there were no more children, but later divorced.

From 1921 to 1923 he published the 26-volume Vailima edition of Stevenson's works and provided the first volume with a foreword.

He spent 1936 with Yvonne Payerne, 40 years his junior, in the south of France . The 68-year-old Osbourne became a father again with their son Samuel (* 1936 in Nice , † 2006 in Los Angeles ). He returned alone to the United States in 1941 when it entered World War II. Yvonne and Samuel arrived in New York on May 22, 1947, the very day Osbourne died in Glendale.

Joint works with Robert Louis Stevenson

  • The Wrong Box (1892); German The wrong box (Hanser 1969)
  • The Wrecker (1892); dt. The Butcher (dtv 1994)
  • The Ebb Tide (1894); German ebb (Haffmans 1998)

Own works

literature

  • Nicholas Rankin: Dead Man's Chest: Travels after Robert Louis Stevenson ISBN 0-571-13808-X

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personal data
SURNAME Osbourne, Lloyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1947
Place of death Glendale , California