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Terence Hanbury White

テレンス・ハンベリー・ホワイト

Terensu Hanburī Howaito

Aliases: Tim
Pen Names: James Aston（Used for early works）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1906-05-29 （Bombay (now Mumbai), British India）
Died
1964-01-17 （Piraeus, Athens, Greece） age 57
Nationality
English
Languages
English
Religion
Agnostic
Residence History
Bombay, British India → England (from 1911) → Buckinghamshire, England (Stowe School) → County Meath, Ireland → Alderney, Channel Islands

Career

Occupations
Writer, Teacher
Active Years
1929-1964
Affiliations
Stowe School
Influenced By
Thomas Malory, L. J. Potts
Influenced
J. K. Rowling, Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman

Education

Cheltenham College
Public school
Country: United Kingdom
Gloucestershire
Queens' College, Cambridge
English
Degree: 一等優等学位
Year of Graduation: 1928
Country: United Kingdom
Thesis on Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Sword in the Stone

1938 Fantasy

A novel about the boyhood of King Arthur, influenced by Malory, Freudian psychology, and natural history.

Arthurian legendEducationPacifism
Adaptations
  • [Animated film] The Sword in the Stone / Wolfgang Reitherman (1963)

Bibliography

  • Loved Helen (1929)
  • The Green Bay Tree (1929)
  • The Once and Future King (1958)
  • Mistress Masham's Repose (1946)

Adaptations

  • Camelot (Broadway musical, 1960)

Translations by Author

  • The Book of Beasts (1954, translation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Fantasy with realistic underpinningsHumorousPoetic
Recurring Motifs
Arthurian legendNatureFalconryPacifism

Health

  • Heart failure
    1964年
    Cause of death
  • Heavy drinking
    晩年
    Affected later life

Legacy

Best known for Arthurian novels, influenced modern fantasy like Harry Potter.

Archives

  • University of Texas at Austin

In Popular Culture

  • Influenced Harry Potter series

Trivia

  • Reportedly homosexual with some debate
  • Falconry enthusiast
  • Lived in Ireland as de facto conscientious objector during WWII