Rumer Godden

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Margaret Rumer Godden OBE (born December 10, 1907 in Eastbourne , East Sussex , † November 8, 1998 in Dumfriesshire , Scotland ) was an English writer .

After Godden had lived mostly in India in the first forty years of her life and had directed a ballet school there for more than 20 years, she finally settled in the United Kingdom in 1949 . She wrote more than 60 books, mostly novels, some of which achieved high editions and were also made into films. Her most successful works include The Black Narzissus , In This House of Brede , The River , The Doll's House , An Episode of Sparrows , Greengage Summer and The Diddakoi .

In 1993 Godden was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire . She died in 1998 at the age of 90.

Works (selection)

  • Chinese Puzzle (1936)
  • Black Narcissus (1939); German editions Uralt der Wind vom Himalaya (1952) and Black Narcissus (1986)
  • Breakfast with the Nikolides (1942)
  • The River (1946, reprint: London: Virago, 2012, ISBN 978-1-84408-869-0 )
  • The Doll's House (1947)
  • The Mousewife (1951)
  • Miss Happiness and Miss Flower (1951)
  • Kingfishers Catch Fire (1953)
  • An Episode of Sparrows (1956)
  • The Fairy Doll (1955)
  • The Greengage Summer (1958)
  • The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1963)
  • Home is the Sailor (1964)
  • The Kitchen Madonna (1966)
  • Two Under the Indian Sun (1966)
  • In This House of Brede (1969) ,; German edition In this House of Peace (1970)
  • The Diddakoi (1972)
  • Shiva's Pigeons (1972)
  • The Peacock Spring (1975)
  • Five For Sorrow, Ten For Joy (1979)
  • The Dark Horse (1981)
  • A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep (1987)
  • A House with Four Rooms (1989)
  • Coromandel Sea Change (1991)
  • Cromartie vs. the God Shiva (1997)

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personal data
SURNAME Godden, Rumer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Godden, Margaret Rumer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Eastbourne , East Sussex
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1998
Place of death Dumfriesshire , Scotland