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Nina Bawden (1925–2012)

Autore di Carrie's War

54+ opere 4,020 membri 80 recensioni 5 preferito

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Nina Bawden was born in Ilford, Essex, England on January 19, 1925. She received a B.A. in 1946 and a M.A. in 1951 from Somerville College, Oxford. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 40 books for both children and adults. Her first adult novel was published in 1953. Her books for adults mostra altro include Circles of Deceit, The Ruffian on the Stair, and Dear Austen. Her first children's book The Secret Passage was published in 1963. Her children's books include Kept in the Dark, Humbug, The Birds on the Trees, Carrie's War, The Outside Child, Granny the Pag, and Off the Road. She received numerous awards for her work including the 1976 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Peppermint Pig and the 1977 Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year Award for Afternoon of a Good Woman. She was made a CBE in 1995 and received the ST Dupont Golden Pen Award for a lifetime's contribution to literature in 2004. She died on August 22, 2012 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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(eng) Variant Names: Nina Mary Mabey Kark Nina Bawden, Nina Mary Mabey Bawden, Nina Mary (Mabey) Kark, Nina Mary Kark, Nina (Mary) Bawden, Mary Mabey, Nina Mary Bawden, Nina Mary Mabey

Serie

Opere di Nina Bawden

Carrie's War (1973) 942 copie
The Peppermint Pig (1975) 282 copie
The Witch's Daughter (1966) 222 copie
Family Money (1991) 146 copie
The Birds on the Trees (1970) 133 copie
Circles of Deceit (1987) 127 copie
Granny the Pag (1995) 105 copie
Keeping Henry (1988) 102 copie
The Ice House (1983) 100 copie
ˆUna ‰banda di ladri (1967) 92 copie
Tortoise by Candelight (1963) 92 copie
A Woman of My Age (1967) 91 copie
Humbug (1992) 79 copie
Walking Naked (1981) 78 copie
On the Run (1964) 73 copie
Devil by the Sea (1958) 72 copie
The Runaway Summer (1969) 70 copie
Off the Road (1998) 69 copie
The Finding (1985) 68 copie
Afternoon of a Good Woman (1976) 67 copie
Kept in the Dark (1982) 63 copie
Squib (1971) 59 copie
I fratelli segreti (1989) 56 copie
A Nice Change (1997) 56 copie
The White Horse Gang (1966) 54 copie
The Grain of Truth (1968) 52 copie
The Robbers (1979) 51 copie
Familiar Passions (1979) 47 copie
The Real Plato Jones (1993) 46 copie
Anna Apparent (1972) 45 copie
Ruffian on the Stair (2001) 39 copie
Rebel on a Rock (1978) 35 copie
Saint Francis of Assisi (1983) 26 copie
Dear Austen (2005) 19 copie
William Tell (1981) 16 copie
The Odd Flamingo (1797) 13 copie
The Solitary Child (1956) 9 copie
Who Calls The Tune (1953) 8 copie
Princess Alice (1985) 4 copie
Under The Skin (1964) 4 copie
Change Here for Babylon (1754) 4 copie
In Honour Bound (1961) 3 copie
Just like a lady (1960) 2 copie
Eyes of Green 2 copie
Tajemniczy chłopiec (1989) 1 copia

Opere correlate

Il giardino segreto (1911) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni35,013 copie
La casa della gioia (1905) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni9,667 copie
Someone at a Distance (1953) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni; Prefazione, alcune edizioni601 copie
Castle Dor (1961) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni387 copie
The Illustrated Treasury of Modern Literature for Children (1985) — Collaboratore — 64 copie
A Virago Keepsake to Celebrate Twenty Years of Publishing (1993) — Collaboratore — 48 copie
Virago Is 40 (2013) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
The Thorny Paradise: Writers on Writing for Children (1975) — Collaboratore — 15 copie
Growing Up Stories (1995) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Top Teen Stories (2004) — Collaboratore — 6 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Bawden, Nina Mary Mabey
Data di nascita
1925-01-19
Data di morte
2012-08-22
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
UK
England
Luogo di nascita
Ilford, London, England, UK
Luogo di morte
North London, England, UK
Luogo di residenza
London, England, UK
Aberdare, South Wales, UK
Shropshire, England, UK
Nauplion, Greece
Istruzione
University of Oxford (Somerville College|BA|1946 |MA|1951 - Philosophy, Politics and Economics)
Attività lavorative
novelist
children's book author
memoirist
autobiographer
Relazioni
Kark, Austen (husband | widowed)
Premi e riconoscimenti
Golden PEN Award (2004)
Commander of the British Empire (1995)
Agente
Curtis Brown
Breve biografia
Nina Bawden, née Mabey, was born in Ilford, in Essex, England. In 1943 she went to Oxford University to read philosophy, politics and economics, and received her B.A. degree in 1946 and a M.A. in 1951. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 40 books for both children and adults. Her debut book, a crime novel called Who Calls the Tune, was published in 1953. Her other fiction for adults included Circles of Deceit (1987) and The Ruffian on the Stair. Her first children's book, The Secret Passage, was published in 1963. Her children's books included Kept in the Dark, Humbug, The Birds on the Trees, The Outside Child, Granny the Pag, and Off the Road. Her best-known book, Carrie's War (1973), was adapted for television in both 1974 and 2004. In 1994, she published In My Own Time: Almost an Autobiography, and in 2005, she published the memoir Dear Austen, addressed to her second husband, Austen Kark, who had been killed three years earlier in a train derailment. She received numerous awards for her work, including the 1976 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Peppermint Pig and the 1977 Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year Award for Afternoon of a Good Woman. She was made a CBE in 1995.
Nota di disambiguazione
Variant Names: Nina Mary Mabey Kark
Nina Bawden, Nina Mary Mabey Bawden, Nina Mary (Mabey) Kark, Nina Mary Kark, Nina (Mary) Bawden, Mary Mabey, Nina Mary Bawden, Nina Mary Mabey

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Discussioni

Nina Bawden Readalong in Virago Modern Classics (Mag 2013)

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I liked the characterisation of the children and also the petty tyrant Mr Evans and his downtrodden sister. I enjoyed the first part of the story. However, for me the story veered off into melodrama with the introduction of Hepzibah and the 'screaming skull' and old house etc. I felt there was a story here that wasn't told: the two children only interact with a fellow evacuee who is staying with Hepzibah; there is no hint at how they get on with the Welsh children, what it is like being at a school that is held in various chapels dotted around the place. It felt curiously as if took place in a vacuum.… (altro)
 
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kitsune_reader | 12 altre recensioni | Nov 23, 2023 |
Two childhood friends are now middle-aged. Their childhoods were diametrically opposite, one outgoing and confident growing up in a middle-class loving albeit affair-ridden home, the other reclusive and timid as a result of a wealthy and abusive household.

In their middle-age, we're now privy to how their personalities had led them to choices that led them to their current lifestyle. I've been really enjoying these sorts of personality-led narratives centered on older characters.

In terms of the calm way that the plot is gently propelled forward and maybe some prose, The Ice House reminded me a lot of Comyns' The Skin Chairs. But their biggest commonality is their quiet brilliance.… (altro)
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kitzyl | 4 altre recensioni | Jan 16, 2022 |
The main character in Granny the Pag is Catriona Brooke. Cat is left with her grandmother when her actor parents decide to tour the country, going from one theater to another. In the beginning, Cat hates the idea, and in her anger, she writes that her grandmother is a pig. At the time however, Cat is too young to know how to spell and writes "Pag" instead of pig. The name sticks and becomes a term of endearment. As Cat is about to turn 13, her parents settle in London, and they decide that they want Cat back. She doesn't want to live with them anymore, which creates the main conflict in the story.
I loved the character of the Pag. She rides a Harley and smokes whenever she wants to. Unfortunately, the Pag isn't the main character. We get bogged down in the day to day problems of Cat and hardly get to know the other characters in the book. In addition, the story is set in London, and some of the references are strictly British making them hard to understand. Also, there isn't a whole lot of action in the book, and the drama is very understated. It is a fairly slow and predictable story.
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ftbooklover | 3 altre recensioni | Oct 12, 2021 |
a coming of age story about 4 children who stay with relatives in Norfolk while their father goes to America to start a new life for them. The protagonist gets a pig because she is lonely. The name is a take-off of the Peppermint pigs were candies made at Christmas to bring prosperity and wealth. This was a YA book. 189 pages
 
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Tess_W | 3 altre recensioni | Jul 12, 2021 |

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Utenti
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Popolarità
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Voto
4.1
Recensioni
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ISBN
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Lingue
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