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Ann Thwaite

アン・スウェイト

An Suweito

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1932-10-04 (London)
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
London → New Zealand → Tokyo → Benghazi → Nashville, Tennessee → Norfolk

Career

Occupations
writer, biographer, children's book author
Active Years
1960-2024
Affiliations
Royal Society of Literature
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Education

Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls, Barnet
General
Period: 戦後
Year of Graduation: 1950
Country: United Kingdom
Barnet school

Awards

Duff Cooper Prize
1985
Work: Edmund Gosse: A Literary Landscape
Result: 受賞
Whitbread Biography of the Year
1990
Work: A. A. Milne: His Life
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A. A. Milne: His Life

1990 Biography

Biography of A.A. Milne, winner of Whitbread Biography of the Year.

author's lifefamily
Translations
  • Translated into Japanese in 2018

Bibliography

  • The Camelthorn Papers (1969)
  • A Piece of Parkin (1980)
  • Waiting for the Party (1974/1991)
  • Edmund Gosse: A Literary Landscape (1984)
  • A. A. Milne: His Life (1990)
  • Emily Tennyson: The Poet's Wife (1996)
  • Glimpses of the Wonderful (2002)
  • Passageways (2009)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
detailed biographical styleuse of extensive archival material
Recurring Motifs
family historyprivate lives of literary figures

Legacy

Renowned biographer of major literary figures, winner of several prizes, also children's book author.

Archives

  • Harry Ransom Center (A. A. Milne Collection)

Quotes

  • In you my father has found the perfect biographer... I am left with nothing but admiration and happiness.
    Source: Letter from Christopher Milne (1990)