James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 49 (1967) Winner
Winifred Gérin
ウィニフレッド・ジェリン
Winifred Gérin
Aliases:
Winifred Eveleen Gérin / Winifred Bourne
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1901-10-07 （Hamburg）
- Died
- 1981-06-28 （England） age 79
- Nationality
- English, British
- Languages
- English, French, German
- Residence History
- Hamburg → London area → Haworth
Career
- Occupations
- biographer
- Active Years
- 1959-1981
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Brontë sisters
- Influenced
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydenham High School for Girls | — | General | — | — | United Kingdom |
Sydenham High School for Girls
General
Country:
United Kingdom
Secondary school
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Charlotte Brontë: the Evolution of Genius | — | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
| 1967 | Rose Mary Crawshay Prize | Charlotte Brontë: the Evolution of Genius | — | British Academy | 受賞 |
| 1967 | Royal Society of Literature Heinemann prize | Charlotte Brontë: the Evolution of Genius | — | Royal Society of Literature | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | — | — | British Monarch | 受賞 |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1967
Work:
Charlotte Brontë: the Evolution of Genius
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
Rose Mary Crawshay Prize
1967
Work:
Charlotte Brontë: the Evolution of Genius
Organization:
British Academy
Result:
受賞
Royal Society of Literature Heinemann prize
1967
Work:
Charlotte Brontë: the Evolution of Genius
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
受賞
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
1975
Organization:
British Monarch
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1976) Winner
Works
Major Works
Anne Brontë
1959 BiographyBiography of Anne Brontë.
Brontë family
Branwell Brontë
1961 BiographyBiography of Branwell Brontë.
Brontë family
Charlotte Brontë: the Evolution of Genius
1967 BiographySeminal biography tracing the evolution of Charlotte Brontë's genius.
Evolution of geniusBrontë family
Emily Brontë: a biography
1971 BiographyBiography of Emily Brontë.
Brontë family
Elizabeth Gaskell: a biography
1976 BiographyBiography of Elizabeth Gaskell.
Victorian literature
Bibliography
- Anne Brontë (1959)
- Branwell Brontë (1961)
- The young Fanny Burney (1961)
- Charlotte Brontë: the evolution of genius (1967)
- Horatia Nelson (1970)
- Emily Brontë: a biography (1971)
- The Brontës (1973)
- Elizabeth Gaskell: a biography (1976)
- Anne Thackeray Ritchie: a biography (1981)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed archival research and objective narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Brontë family dynamicsVictorian women writers
Legacy
Renowned biographer of the Brontë sisters and other Victorian writers, best known for Charlotte Brontë: the Evolution of Genius, which won multiple literary prizes.
Trivia
- Born in Hamburg to English parents.
- First husband was a Belgian cellist.
- Worked for British Foreign Office political intelligence during WWII.