Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020)
Autor de Thrones, Dominations
Sobre El Autor
Jill Paton Walsh was born Gillian Bliss on April 29, 1937 in London. She graduated from St. Anne's College in Oxford. She taught at the Enfield Girls' Grammar School for three years and was a permanent visiting faculty member for the Center for Children's Literature at Simmons College in Boston, mostrar más Massachusetts. She was also an adjunct British board member of Children's Literature New England. She has written more than 15 books for children. She has won numerous awards including the Book World Festival Award for Fireweed in 1970, the Whitbread Prize for The Emperor's Winding Sheet in1974, the Universe Prize for A Parcel of Patterns in 1984, and the Smarties Grand Prix for Gaffer Samson's Luck in 1984. She has also written adult novels, including completing an unfinished Dorothy Sayers manuscript. Her adult works include Knowledge of Angels, The Serpentine Cave, and A School for Lovers. She is the author of the Imogen Quy Mystery series and the Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery series. She was elected as fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Jill Paton Walsh
The Green Book 7 copias
As my Wimsey takes me 1 copia
Set Piece [short fiction] 1 copia
The Scold's Bridle 1 copia
Cosecha de guerra 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 8, April 1981 — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 7, March 1981 — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Walsh, Jill Paton
- Nombre legal
- Paton Walsh, Gillian Bliss
Bliss, Gillian (meisjesnaam) - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1937-04-29
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2020-10-18
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- North Finchley, London, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Educación
- St. Michael's Convent, North Finchley
University of Oxford (St Anne's College) - Ocupaciones
- author
teacher - Relaciones
- Townsend, John Rowe (husband)
Paton Walsh, Anthony (former husband)
Bliss, Christopher (brother) - Organizaciones
- Simmons College
- Premios y honores
- Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 1996)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature - Biografía breve
- Born Gillian Bliss in London on 25 April 1937. Educated at St. Michael's Convent, North Finchley, and at St. Anne's College, Oxford. In 1961 she married Anthony Paton Walsh, who died in 2003. In 2004 she married writer John Rowe Townsend, who died in 2014. Her books included fiction for children and teenagers, crime fiction (including additional books about Dorothy L Sayers' character Lord Peter Wimsey) and other novels. She was a 'permanent visiting faculty member' of the Centre for Children's Literature, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts from 1978 to 1986. In 1996 she received the CBE for services to literature, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She died in October 2020.
Miembros
Debates
Found: YA - Earth dying, girl on spaceship to settle new planet en Name that Book (octubre 2023)
Found: 1970s Book about Homeless Children in London Blitz en Name that Book (abril 2021)
Children's book, journey to new planet, butterfly-like aliens en Name that Book (octubre 2011)
Reseñas
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Walsh, Jill Paton. La antorcha / Jill Paton Walsh ; traducción, Javier Lacruz ; ilustraciones, Juan Carlos Eguillor. -- Madrid : Siruela, D.L. 1992. -- 216 p. : il. ; 22 cm. -- (Las tres edades ; 15). -- Tít. orig.: Torch. -- ISBN 84-7844-114-X
I. Lacruz, Javier, trad. II. Eguillor, Juan Carlos (1947-2011), il. 1. Literatura inglesa. 2. Novela de aventuras
821.111-31"19":087.5
Walsh, Jill Paton. La antorcha / Jill Paton Walsh ; traducción, Javier Lacruz ; ilustraciones, Juan Carlos Eguillor. -- Madrid : Siruela, D.L. 1992. -- 216 p. : il. ; 22 cm. -- (Las tres edades ; 15). -- Tít. orig.: Torch. -- ISBN 84-7844-114-X
I. Lacruz, Javier, trad. II. Eguillor, Juan Carlos (1947-2011), il. 1. Literatura inglesa. 2. Novela de aventuras
821.111-31"19":087.5
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