Mary Renault

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Mary Renault (actually Eileen Mary Challans ; born September 4, 1905 in London , † December 13, 1983 in Cape Town , South Africa ) was a British writer .

Life

She studied at Oxford and wrote historical novels as well as historical non-fiction books such as B. a biography of Alexander the Great .

Mary Renault was a lesbian . In 1948 she emigrated to South Africa , where, in addition to her literary work, she was heavily involved in the fight against apartheid and worked in the South African section of PEN .

Works (selection)

  • Kind Are Her Answers . 1940
    • Adventurous Christie . Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1966
  • Return to night . 1947
  • The charioteer: a novel , London: Virago, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84408-950-5 , (Originally published: London: Longmans, Green, 1953)
  • The Last of the Wine . 1956
    • Alexias and Lysis . Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich / Stuttgart 1961
    • The runner and his hero . Marion von Schröder, Düsseldorf 1985, ISBN 3-547-77727-5
  • The King Must Die . 1958, novel about Theseus
    • The king must die . Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1959
  • The Bull from the Sea . 1962, sequel to 'King Must Die'
    • The bull from the sea . Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich / Stuttgart 1963
    • The bull from the sea . Marion von Schröder, Düsseldorf 1983, ISBN 3-547-77726-7
  • The Lion in the Gateway . 1964, novel about Leonidas I.
  • The Mask of Apollo . 1966
  • Fire from Heaven . 1969, first part of the Alexander novel trilogy
  • The Persian Boy . 1972, second part of the Alexander trilogy
  • The Nature of Alexander . 1975, biography about Alexander
  • Funeral Games . 1981, third part of the Alexander trilogy

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personal data
SURNAME Renault, Mary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Challans, Eileen Mary (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1983
Place of death Cape Town