Pauline Gedge

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Pauline Gedge (* 1945 in Auckland , New Zealand ) is a writer . She spent her childhood in England from the age of six to fourteen and now lives in Alberta , Canada . Her books have been translated into 18 languages.

Her most famous works are The Mistress of the Nile on the life of the Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut , Pharaoh , The Maiden Thu and the Pharaoh , The Son of Pharaoh , The Mistress Thu and her trilogy of The Ruler of Two Countries , The Foreign Pharaoh , In the Oasis and Contains The Street of Horus .

Literature (selection)

  • The mistress of the Nile. Translated by Ulla H. de Herrera. Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek 1981, ISBN 3-499-15360-2 , original title: Child of the Morning , Macmillan of Canada, 1977. - 1978 nominated as debut novel for the Books in Canada First Novel Award .
  • The eagle and the raven . Blanvalet, 1988, ISBN 3-442-09790-8 , original title: The Eagle and the Raven (1978)
  • Pharaoh . Transl. Ulla H. de Herrera, Margaret Carroux . Rowohlt TB, 1985 ISBN 3-499-12335-5 , Original title: The Twelfth Transforming (Harper & Row 1984)
  • The Son of Pharaoh , Rowohlt TB, 1992 ISBN 3-499-13527-2 , Original title: Scroll of Saqqara (1990)
  • The girl Thu and the Pharaoh . Translated by Dorothee Asendorf. Rowohlt TB, 1995 ISBN 3-499-13998-7 , original title: House of Dreams (Viking 1994)
  • Die Herrin Thu , Rowohlt TB, 1999 ISBN 3-499-22835-1 , original title: House of Illusions (1996)
  • Der Seher des Pharao , Rowohlt TB, 2009 ISBN 978-3-492-26330-6 , original title: The Twice Born

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personal data
SURNAME Gedge, Pauline
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Auckland , New Zealand