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Barbara Willard

バーバラ・ウィラード

Bābara Wirādo

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1909-03-12 （Brighton, England）
Died
1994-02-18 （Wivelsfield, England） age 84
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Brighton, Sussex → Southampton → Sussex Downs → Ashdown Forest

Career

Occupations
novelist, actress, playreader
Active Years
1930-1994
Affiliations
Ashdown Forest Board of Conservators
Memberships
Ashdown Forest Commoners' Representative
Influenced By
Edmund Willard, E. S. Willard

Education

Convent school in Southampton
Unknown
Country: England
Educated as a young girl

Awards

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1973
Work: The Iron Lily
Organization: The Guardian
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Iron Lily

1973 Historical fiction

Part of the Mantlemass Chronicles, a family saga set in 15th to 17th-century England.

family sagahistory

The Lark and the Laurel

1970 Children's historical fiction

First volume of the Mantlemass Chronicles.

medieval Englandadventure

The Richleighs of Tantamount

1966 Children's fiction

One of her notable works.

family

Bibliography

  • The Miller's Boy (1976)
  • The Lark and the Laurel (1970)
  • The Sprig of Broom (1971)
  • A Cold Wind Blowing (1972)
  • The Eldest Son (1977)
  • The Iron Lily (1973)
  • A Flight of Swans (1980)
  • Harrow and Harvest (1974)
  • The Keys of Mantlemass (1981)
  • Hetty (1956)
  • The Richleighs of Tantamount (1966)
  • The Grove of Green Holly (1967)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
detailed historical fictionfamily saga style
Recurring Motifs
medieval Englandforests and naturefamily history

Legacy

Best known for children's historical fiction, particularly the Mantlemass Chronicles. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

Trivia

  • Daughter of Shakespearean actor Edmund Willard.
  • Great-niece of Victorian actor E. S. Willard.
  • Actively involved in conservation of Ashdown Forest.