Mary Stewart (author)

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Mary Stewart (born September 12, 1916 in Sunderland , Northern England , as Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow , † May 9, 2014 at Loch Awe , Scotland ) was a British writer.

Life

Stewart began writing when she was five when she published her first poem in a small local parish journal. After receiving her Masters of Arts degree from Durham University , she taught English there until 1945 when she married Sir Frederick Stewart, a member of the Royal Society .

Ten years later she published her first novel “Madam, Will You Talk?” And since then she has written over 20 novels for adults as well as radio plays and children's books . Some of their stories have been filmed for cinema and television .

She won the Crime Writers Association Silver Dagger in 1961 for "My Brother Michael" . The book is set in old Delphi and was her first novel to be set in Greece , written after many visits to this country. About the book, Mary Stewart said: "'My Brother Michael' was my love affair with Greece."

Her novels became global bestsellers and are an interesting mixture of romance, mystery and suspense. Stewart uses her literary and historical knowledge with great skill and success.

Three of her most famous books, "The Crystal Cave" (1970 "Flammender Kristall", Munich 1989), "The Hollow Hills" (1973, "Der Erbe", Munich 1989) and "The Last Enchantment" (1979, "Merlins Abschied", Munich 1989), deal with the legendary world around King Arthur and the magician Merlin , a world that is also thematized in "The Prince and the Pilgrim".

Their stories are often set in France , Great Britain, Greece (" The Moonspinners ") and also Austria and are always carefully researched and described.

In 1971 she received the Frederick Niven prize for "The Crystal Cave" from the International PEN Association and in 1974 she received the Scottish Arts Council Award for the children's novel "Ludo and the Star Horse". In 1996 her life's work was honored with the Agatha Award .

Born in England, she lived in Scotland for many years , commuting between Edinburgh and the West Highlands . Her hobbies included a. Natural history, gardening, Greek and Roman history, music, and art in general.

Works

The Merlin saga

  • Flaming Crystal ( The Crystal Cave 1970 )
  • The Heir ( The Hollow Hills 1973 )
  • Merlin's Farewell ( The Last Enchantment 1979 )
  • Day of Doom ( The Wicked Day 1983 )
  • The Prince and the Pilgrim ( The Prince and the Pilgrim 1995 )

Novels

  • Journey into the Danger ca.1955 ( Madam, Will You Talk 1955 )
  • Woman in Magic Fire 1956 ( Wildfire at Midnight 1956 )
  • Ruby with cold eyes 1957 ( Thunder on the Right 1957 )
  • The year on Valmy 1958 ( Nine Coaches Waiting / Castle of Danger 1958 )
  • Meeting in Delphi 1966 / Apollo's cave / Death in the shadow of Apollo ( My Brother Michael 1959 )
  • The Ivy Tree / You are like Annabell ( The Ivy Tree 1961 )
  • Bay of Dolphins / Night without a Moon ( The Moon-Spinners 1962 )
  • Dolphin over black ground / Die Zauberinsel ( This Rough Magic 1964 )
  • Shadows in the Fog / Lauter Kapriolen ( Airs Above the Ground c. 1965 )
  • The Ghost Dogs ( The Gabriel Hounds 1967 )
  • Wind from the small islands ( The Wind of the Small Isles / Islands 1968 )
  • Don't touch the cat / Don't touch the cat ( Touch Not the Cat 1976 )
  • The Mistress of Thornyhold ( Thornyhold 1988 )
  • Like a bird in a storm / Uninvited guests ( Stormy Petrel 1991 )
  • The Song of the Lark 1998 ( Rose Cottage 1997 )

Children's books

  • The Bewitched Broom ( The Little Broomstick 1971 )
  • The Star Horse ( Ludo and the Star Horse 1974 )
  • Ghost moon over the wolf forest ( A Walk in Wolf Wood 1980 )

Poetry

  • Frost on the Window and Other Poems.

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personal data
SURNAME Stewart, Mary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rainbow, Mary Florence Elinor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Sunderland , Northern England ,
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 2014
Place of death Loch Awe , Scotland