Carnegie Medal for Writing
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1946) Winner
Elizabeth Goudge
エリザベス・ガウジ
Erizabesu Gōji
Aliases:
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge
Pen Names:
Elizabeth Goudge（Used as pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1900-04-24 （Wells, Somerset）
- Died
- 1984-04-01 （Rotherfield Peppard, Oxfordshire） age 83
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Church of England
- Residence History
- Wells, Somerset → Ely, Cambridgeshire → Oxford → Marldon, Devon → Peppard Common, Oxfordshire
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
- Active Years
- 1934-1978
- Affiliations
- Romantic Novelists' Association, Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- Romantic Novelists' Association (founding member, vice-president), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced
- J. K. Rowling
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grassdale School | — | — | — | 1914-1918 | England |
| University College Reading, art school | Art school | Design and handicrafts | — | — | England |
Grassdale School
Period:
1914-1918
Year of Graduation:
1918
Country:
England
Southbourne
University College Reading, art school
Art school
/ Design and handicrafts
Country:
England
Extension college of Christ Church
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Carnegie Medal | The Little White Horse | 児童書 | Library Association | 受賞 |
| 1944 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Annual Novel Award | Green Dolphin Country | — | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 受賞 |
Carnegie Medal
1946
Work:
The Little White Horse
Category:
児童書
Organization:
Library Association
Result:
受賞
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Annual Novel Award
1944
Work:
Green Dolphin Country
Organization:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Little White Horse
1946 Children's literatureA fantasy story about orphan Maria who discovers a magical valley and a little white horse.
SacrificeConversionHealingGrowth through suffering
Adaptations
- [TV mini-series] Moonacre (2000)
- [Film] The Secret of Moonacre (2009)
Green Dolphin Country
1944 Romance novelHistorical romance about two sisters and their loves on a voyage to New Zealand.
LoveFateSacrifice
Adaptations
- [Film] Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Bibliography
- Island Magic (1934)
- The Middle Window (1935)
- A City of Bells (1936)
- Towers in the Mist (1938)
- Sister of the Angels (1939)
- The Bird in the Tree (1940)
- Smoky-House (1940)
- The Castle on the Hill (1942)
- Henrietta's House (1942)
- The Well of the Star (1941)
- The Little White Horse (1946)
- Green Dolphin Country (1944)
- Gentian Hill (1949)
- The Rosemary Tree (1956)
- The White Witch (1958)
- The Dean's Watch (1960)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Christian outlookBlending legend and mythSpirituality and love of England
- Recurring Motifs
- SacrificeConversionDisciplineHealingGrowth through suffering
Legacy
Popular UK and US author of fiction and children's books, winner of Carnegie Medal, influenced J.K. Rowling.
In Popular Culture
- Influenced J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
Quotes
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As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous and materialistic it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur, and that the blue spring mist that makes an ugly street look beautiful is just as real a thing as the street itself.
Source: Romantic Novelists' Association (1960)
Trivia
- Favorite book of J.K. Rowling with direct influence on Harry Potter
- Her book The Rosemary Tree was plagiarized in 1993 by Indrani Aikath-Gyaltsen
- The Little White Horse was her own favorite among her works