Norman Gale
Norman Rowland Gale (born March 4, 1862 in Kew / Surrey , † October 7, 1942 ) was an English children's author, poet and storyteller.
Gale's first volumes of poetry appeared in small private prints, and it was only with the volume Violet that he became known to a larger audience. He had greater success with books of poetry such as A Country Muse (1892), A Coutry Muse: New Collection (1893), the Orchard Songs , which were published fifteen times in 100 years, and the Cricket Songs , which saw twelve editions. In 2008 a German-English edition of his Katzen-Struwwelpeter appeared in Germany with the original illustrations by the English cat painter Louis Wain and the German translation by Walter Sauer .
Works
- Unleavened Bread: Simple Verses , 1885
- Primulas and Pansies: Simple Verses , 1886
- Marsh Marigolds , 1888
- Anemones , 1889
- Meadowsweet , 1889
- Thistledown , 1890
- Cricket Songs and other Trifling Verses , 1890
- Violets , 1891
- Gorillas , 1891
- Prince Redcheek , 1891
- A Candid Cuckoo , 1891
- A June Romance , 1892
- A Country Muse , 1892
- A Country Muse, New Series , 1893
- A Fellowship in Song , 1893
- Orchard Songs , 1893
- A Cotswold Village , 1893
- Cricket Songs , 1894
- On Two Strings , 1894
- Saga and Song , 1895
- Holly and Mistletoe , 1895
- All Expenses Paid , 1895
- Songs for Little People , 1896
- Barty's Star , 1903
- More Cricket Songs , 1905
- A Book of Quatrains , 1909
- Song in September , 1912
- Solitude , 1913
- Country Lyrics , 1913
- A Famous Bookshop , 1914
- A Merry-Go-Round of Song , 1919
- Verses in Bloom , 1924
- A Book of Quatrains , 1925
- A Flight of Fancies , 1926
- Two Cricket Songs , 1926
- Messrs. Bat and Ball , 1930
- Close of Play , 1936
- Remembrances , 1937
- Brackenham Church , 1938
- Love-in-a-Mist , 1939
- His Testament 'and Settled , 1939
- Unpigeonholed , 1940
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- Worldcat Identities: Gale, Norman
- Victorian Bibliography: Norman Gale
- Alfred H. Miles: "Robert Bridges and Contemporary Poets" , London 1906, p. 549 ff
- Literature by and about Norman Gale in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gale, Norman |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gale, Norman Rowland (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English children's author, poet and storyteller |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kew (Surrey) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 7, 1942 |