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Peter Marshall

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Peter Marshall

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1939
Died
1972 （Surrey, England） age 33
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Surrey, England

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1962-1966

Awards

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
1963
Work: Two Lives
Organization: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Two Lives

1962 Autobiography

An autobiography recounting his life before and after contracting polio at 18, detailing the experience of disability and personal relationships.

disabilityself and othersadaptation and recovery

The Raging Moon

1964 Novel

A novel centered on a protagonist with a physical disability, exploring loneliness, love, and the lives of disabled people. Later adapted into a film of the same name.

lovelonelinessdisability and society
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Raging Moon / Bryan Forbes (1971)

Excluded from the Cemetery

1966 Novel

A shorter novel published in the 1960s that deals with weighty themes such as death and exclusion.

deathsocial exclusion

Bibliography

  • Two Lives (1962)
  • The Raging Moon (1964)
  • Excluded from the Cemetery (1966)

Adaptations

  • The Raging Moon (film, 1971)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise, candid narrationrealist with autobiographical elements
Recurring Motifs
disability and corporealityloneliness and companionshiplife and death

Health

  • Polio (poliomyelitis)
    18歳で発症以降
    Left him almost completely paralysed

Legacy

Known for his autobiography recounting life after polio and for The Raging Moon, which was adapted into a film. Winner of the 1963 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, he contributed to British literature addressing disability.

In Popular Culture

  • The Raging Moon (1971 film adaptation)

Trivia

  • Contracted polio at age 18 and was left almost completely paralysed.
  • Won the 1963 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for the autobiography Two Lives.
  • The Raging Moon was adapted into a film in 1971.