Nina Bawden

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Nina Mary Bawden CBE (born Nina Mary Mabey in London on January 19, 1925 , † August 22, 2012 ) was a British writer .

Life

Bawden grew up in Ilford in a rather ugly housing estate that [her] mother despised ("a rather nasty housing estate that [her] mother despised"). Her mother was a teacher and her father was an engineer in the Navy .

When World War II began, she spent her school holidays with her mother and brothers on a farm in Shropshire but lived in Aberdare , South Wales during her school years .

She attended Somerville College , part of Oxford University , from 1943 to 1946 , where she graduated in philosophy , politics and economics .

Her books include Listen, it's very close (Carrie's War) , The Peppermint Pig (Peppermint Pig) , and The Witches daughter (The Witch's Daughter) . A large number of her works have been filmed by the BBC 's children's program and many have been translated into different languages.

Private life

In 1946 she married her first husband Harry Bawden, with whom she had two sons and from whom she was divorced in 1954. Nina married her second husband Austen Kark in 1954 , with whom she had a daughter. He was killed in the Potters Bar railway accident in 2002 while she survived seriously injured. Nina Bawden lived alternately in London and Nauplion , Greece .

bibliography

  • The one with the horse's foot, Lucas Cranach Verlag, Munich, 1959 ( Devil by the Sea , 1958)
  • A miss with small flaws, Benziger, Einsiedeln, 1966 ( Just like a lady , 1960)
  • The secret passage, Benziger, Einsiedeln, Zurich, Cologne, 1965; ISBN 3-473-39194-8 ( The Secret Passage , 1963)
  • Turtle by candlelight ( Tortoise By Candlelight , 1963)
  • On the run ( On the Run , 1964)
  • Schwarzer Mann, Limes, Munich, 1996, ISBN 3-423-12633-7 ( Under the Skin , 1964)
  • With love and patience, Benziger, Zurich; Einsiedeln; Cologne, 1968, ISBN 3-88345-031-6 , translated by Till Schlenk (A little Love, a Little Learning, 1965)
  • The white horse gang and their enemies, Benziger, 1970 ( The White Horse Gang , 1966)
  • The witch's daughter ( The Witch's Daughter , 1966), ISBN 0-14-030407-X
  • Whistle three times in case of danger, Benziger, 1972, ISBN 3-453-54179-0 ( A Handful of Thieves , 1967)
  • A woman in my years, Schröder, Hamburg / Düsseldorf 1970 ISBN 3-423-08415-4 , translated by Monika Wiethoff ( A Woman of My Age , 1967)
  • The seed of truth ( The Grain of Truth , 1968)
  • Three on the run ( Three on the Run , 1968)
  • Hide away, they're coming, Benziger, Zurich, Cologne, 1972, ISBN 3-453-54200-2 ( The Runaway Summer , 1969)
  • Under one roof , Benziger, 1973, ISBN 3-404-00444-2 , translated by Inge M. Artl ( The Birds on the Trees , 1970)
  • Squib (1971)
  • Do you hear, it's very close , Benziger, Zurich, Cologne, 1976, ISBN 3-545-32114-2 , translated by Inka Steiger-von Muralt ( Carrie's War , 1973)
  • George Beneath a Paper Moon , 1974
  • The Peppermint Pig , ISBN 3-453-54227-4 ( The Peppermint Pig , 1975)
  • Afternoon of a good woman ( Afternoon of a Good Woman , 1976)
  • Fateful Silence (Ullstein Taschenbücher-Verlag) ( The Solitary Child , 1976)
  • Rebel on a rock ( Rebel on a Rock , 1978)
  • Family Passions ( Familiar Passions , 1979)
  • The robbers ( The Robbers , 1979)
  • Visiting Friends, ISBN 3-423-11635-8 ( Walking Naked , 1981)
  • Wilhelm Tell, Orell Füssli, Zurich, 1981, ISBN 3-280-01315-1 ( William Tell , 1981)
  • Kept in the Dark (1982)
  • The Ice House, dtv, 1996, ISBN 3-423-12177-7 , translated by Claudia Rackwitz ( The Ice House , 1983)
  • Saint Francis of Assisi ( Saint Francis of Assisi , 1983)
  • The Finding (1985)
  • On the Edge (1985)
  • Princess Alice ( Princess Alice , 1985)
  • Art of Deception, ISBN 3-423-11908-X ( Circles of Deceit , 1987)
  • Henry (1988)
  • Keeping Henry (1988)
  • The Hidden Photography ( The Outside Child , 1989)
  • A house with a garden , dtv, 1997, ISBN 3-423-24103-9 , translated by Mechtild Sandberg-Ciletti ( The House of Secrets , 1992)
  • Humbug (1992)
  • The true Plato Jones ( The Real Plato Jones , 1993)
  • In My Own Time: Almost an Autobiography , 1994
  • Anna Apparent (1995)
  • Granny the Pag (1995)
  • Greek coffee, dtv, 1999, ISBN 3-423-24156-X , translated by Mechtild Sandberg-Ciletti ( A Nice Change , 1997)
  • Off the Road (1998)
  • Someone at a Distance (1999)
  • The Ruffian on the Stair (2001)
  • Dear Austen (2005)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birthdays: Jan 10 . The Times. January 10, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  2. ↑ Author Nina Bawden dies aged 87
  3. ↑ Rustin, Susanna: Nina's wars . The Guardian. November 22, 2003. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.noveltheatre.com/images/CarriesWar-webprog.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Bawden, Nina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mabey, Nina Mary (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 22nd August 2012
Place of death London