Magdalen Nabb

Magdalen Nabb (born January 16, 1947 in Church, Lancashire , England , † August 18, 2007 in Scandicci , Florence ) was a British crime writer and children's and youth book author. She lived in Florence since 1975.

Life

When Magdalen Nabb was seven years old, her father died and, a few years later, her mother. She studied art and pottery at the Art School in Manchester and then taught at an English art school. During this time she married and had a son. After a short time, the marriage was divorced again. In 1975 Nabb spent their vacation in Tuscany with her son and was so enthusiastic that she spontaneously settled in Florence.

First, Nabb dedicated herself to artistic work as a potter before starting to write and publishing her first detective novel. Her serial hero is the Maresciallo Salvatore Guarnaccia with the Carabinieri in Florence.

Furthermore, from 1989 onwards she wrote a successful children's book series about the young heroine Finchen (who is called Josie Smith in English ) from her former home in Lancashire, who is growing up without a father. For the second volume, Nabb received a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize . The book series is accompanied by an English television series that was filmed at Magdalen Nabb's former school.

She was also used for newspapers, etc. a. for the German Vogue , journalistic. Magdalen Nabb had a long-term pen friendship with the Belgian crime writer Georges Simenon , who wrote a foreword for her third novel Death in Springtime .

Magdalen Nabb died of a stroke in Florence in August 2007 at the age of 60 .

Works (selection)

Novels

Maresciallo Guarnaccia range

• Death of an Englishman . 1981.
  • German: death of an Englishman . Diogenes, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-257-21999-9 (EA Zurich 1991)
• Death of a Dutchman . 1982.
  • German: Death of a Dutchman . Diogenes, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-25722450-8 (EA Zurich 1992)
• Death in springtime . William Collins, London 1983.
  • German: death in spring . With a foreword by Georges Simenon. Diogenes, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-257-21566-5 (EA Zurich 1988)
• Death in Autumn . 1985.
  • German: death in autumn . Diogenes, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-257-23895-2 (EA Zurich 1990)
• The Marshal and the Murderer . 1987
  • German: death in Florence . Diogens, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-257-22550-4 .
• The Marshal and the Madwoman . 1988.
  • German: death of a madwoman . Diogenes, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-257-22978-X .
• The Marshal's Own Case . 1990.
  • German: death of a queen . Diogenes, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-257-22715-9 .
• The Marshal Makes His Report . 1991.
  • German: Death in the Palazzo . Diogenes, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-257-22759-0 .
• The Marshal at the Villa Torrini . 1993.
  • German: Birthday in Florence . Diogenes, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-257-06185-4 .
• The Monster of Florence . 1996.
  • German: The monster of Florence . Diogenes, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-257-23097-4 .
• Property of Blood . 1999
  • German: Alta moda . Diogenes, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-257-06223-0 .
• Some Bitter Taste . 2002.
  • German: night blossoms . Diogenes, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-257-23381-7 .
• The Innocent . 2005.
  • German: A Japanese woman in Florence . Diogenes, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-257-06524-8 .
• Vita Nuova . 2008.
  • German: Vita Nuova . Diogenes, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-257-06641-8 .

Individual novels

• together with Paolo Vagheggi: The Prosecutor . 1986.
  • German: Terror .
• Cosimo . 2004.
  • German: Cosimo .

Books for children and young readers

• Finchen wants to give something nice. Translator: Ulli and Herbert Günther . ( Josie Smith , 1989)
• Finchen and Lena. Translator: Ulli and Herbert Günther. ( Josie Smith and Eileen , 1991, won a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1991)
• Finchen is looking forward to Christmas. Translator: Ulli and Herbert Günther. ( Josie Smith at Christmas , 1992)
• Finchen goes to the seaside ( Josie Smith at the Seaside , 1993)
• Finchen in school. Translator: Ulli and Herbert Günther. ( Josie Smith at School , 1994)
• Finchen in the hospital. Translator: Ulli and Herbert Günther. ( Josie Smith in Hospital , 1995)
• Finchen in the market. Translator: Ulli and Herbert Günther. ( Josie Smith at the Market , 1996)
• Finchen in Summer ( Josie Smith in Summer , 1997)
• Finchen in Winter ( Josie Smith in Winter , 1998)
• Finchen in Spring ( Josie Smith in Spring , 1999)
• Finchen im Herbst ( Josie Smith in Autumn , 2000)

• A New Beginning ( Twilight Ghost , 2000)
• The Magic Horse ( The Enchanted Horse , 2001)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Josie Smith and Eileen. (No longer available online.) In: Winner of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1991. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008 ; accessed on April 26, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Homepage of Magdalen Nabb (engl.)
• Interview with Mrs. Nabb (Engl.)
• Info and bibliography
• Literature by and about Magdalen Nabb in the catalog of the German National Library
• “Author Magdalen Nabb is dead” Spiegel online, August 21, 2007
• "Death of a Writer", ORF-Styria online ( Memento from October 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Article by Barbara Belic
• Magdalen Nabb at Internet Movie Database
• Marilyn Stasio: Magdalen Nabb, mystery writer in Italy, dies at 60 . In The New York Times on August 28, 2007