Rosemary Sutcliff

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Rosemary Sutcliff , CBE (born December 14, 1920 in East Clandon , Surrey , † July 23, 1992 in Arundel , Sussex ) was an English writer . She was best known for her youth books about the Roman occupation of Britain.

Life

Rosemary Sutcliff was born in Surrey, England in 1920. Her father was an officer in the British Navy. As a little girl, Sutcliff developed a severe arthritic disease known as Still's disease . Because she spent most of her life in a wheelchair, she was unable to attend school regularly. During this time, due to her restricted freedom of movement (she had to lie on her back the whole time), her power of observation and her eye for details became apparent, which she would later use for her stories. In addition, her mother read her many Greek and Roman sagas and tales as well as stories by authors such as Charles Dickens , William Makepeace Thackeray and Anthony Trollope .

At the age of 14 she switched to an art school and initially devoted herself to painting miniatures. Later she shifted her work to writing because she could "tell" a much larger and more complex story than with her pictures. In 1950, her first own works were published with a Robin Hood adaptation The Chronicles of Robin Hood and the children's book The Queen's Story .

Typical of her books is a great deal of expertise (she had dealt intensively with historical studies) and the symbolic connection of secondary details (weather, minor events) with relevant things that are important for the plot.

Her best-known work, The Eagle of the Ninth Legion , was set to music as an audio book and was the basis of a six-part BBC series of the same name filmed in 1977 and the 2011 film The Eagle of the Ninth Legion . She was awarded the Carnegie Medal for her literary work . In 1975 Sutcliff was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II "as an ingenious and uncompromising chronicler" . In 1992 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire . In addition, books by her have been on the shortlist for the German Youth Literature Prize several times .

Rosemary Sutcliff died in 1992 while working on her last work Sword Song ; she has written more than 40 novels for young people and adults.

Works (selection)

  • 1950 The Queen's Story. or The Queen Elizabeth Story. Oxford University Press, London 1950.
  • 1950 Robin Hood. (OT: The Chronicles of Robin Hood). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-7725-0810-3 .
  • 1952 Brother Dustfoot. (OT: Brother Dustyfeet). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 3-7725-2172-X .
  • 1953 Simon the cornet. (OT; Simon). Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-423-70066-1 .
  • 1954 The Eagle of the Ninth. Oxford University Press, London 1954.
    • German: The eagle of the Ninth Legion. Translated by Ilse Wodtke, Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-423-07012-9 . *
  • 1957 The silver branch. (OT: The Silver Branch). Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-423-71495-2 .
  • 1959 The Lantern Bearers. Oxford University Press, London 1959.
    • German: Dragon ships threaten on the horizon. Karl Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart 1962.
    • dtv Junior, Munich 2011, ISBN 3-423-07260-1 . Later German title: Die Torchträger.
  • 1960 Randal the knight. (OT: Knight's Fee) Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-7725-1873-7 .
  • 1965 The king's forehead. (OT: The Mark of the Horse Lord). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-7725-2381-6 .
  • 1970 The witch child. (OT: The Witch's Brat). Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-423-71202-6 .
  • 1977 Lubrin and the sun horse . (OT: Sun Horse, Moon Horse). Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-87838-367-3 .
  • 1978 song for a dark queen. (Song for a Dark Queen). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-7725-1191-0 .
  • 1979 Galahad. (OT: The Light Beyond the Forest: The Quest for the Holy Grail). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-7725-0719-0 .
  • 1981 Merlin and Artus. (OT: The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-7725-0752-2 .
  • 1981 Lancelot and Ginevra. (OT: The Road to Camlann: The Death of King Arthur). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-7725-0783-2 .
  • 1982 The shield wall. (OT: Shield Ring). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-7725-2012-X .
  • 1983 Bonnie Dundee. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-423-70271-0 .
  • 1983 Light over distant hills: memories. (OT: Blue Remembered Hills: a recollection Bodley Head. Memoirs). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-7725-1574-6 .
  • 1995 Troy and the return of Odysseus. (OT: The Wanderings of Odysseus). Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-423-71332-0 . (published posthumously)
  • 1997 Sword Song. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, ISBN 0-374-37363-9 . (published posthumously)

* see Legio VIIII Hispana

Awards (selection)

  • 1959 Carnegie Medal for The Lantern Bearers
  • 1974 Hans Christian Andersen Prize
  • 1975 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • 1985 Phoenix Award for The Mark of the Horse Lord
  • 1992 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • 2010 Phoenix Award for The Shining Company

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Rosemary Sutcliff: The Eagle of the Ninth Legion. Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 978-3-7725-2461-5 . P. 317.
  2. ↑ series on imdb.com
  3. ^ Film on imdb.de
personal data
SURNAME Sutcliff, Rosemary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH East Clandon
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1992
Place of death Arundel