Barbara Comyns (1907–1992)
Auteur de Our Spoons Came from Woolworths
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- Nom canonique
- Comyns, Barbara
- Nom légal
- Comyns Carr, Barbara Irene Veronica
- Autres noms
- Bayley, Barbara Irene Veronica (birth)
- Date de naissance
- 1907-12-27
- Date de décès
- 1992-07-14
- Lieu de sépulture
- St Andrew's Churchyard, Stanton upon Hine Heath, Shropshire, England, UK
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Stanton upon Hine Heath, Shropshire, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Ibiza, Spain
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
San Roque, Andalusia, Spain
London, England, UK - Études
- Heatherley School of Fine Art
- Professions
- novelist
antique furniture dealer
old car dealer
poodle breeder
artist - Relations
- Pemberton, John (1st husband)
Carr, Richard Comyns (2nd husband) - Courte biographie
- Barbara Comyns was the pen name of Barbara Comyns Carr, née Barbara Irene Veronica Bayley, born 27 December 1907 at the family estate of Bell Court, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, the fourth among six children (five girls and one boy) of a Birmingham brewer and industrialist. She was educated by governesses and began to write and illustrate stories by age 10. Following the death of her father, she went to London to attend the Heatherley School of Fine Art. In 1931, she married John Pemberton, a painter, with whom she had two children. The couple moved in artistic and literary circles that included Augustus John and Dylan Thomas. After a divorce, she supported herself and her children by various jobs such as trading antiques and classic cars, modeling, breeding dogs, renovating apartments, and working as a cook in a private house. Some of these activities were featured in her 1987 novel, Mr. Fox. In 1945, she remarried to Richard Comyns Carr, who worked in the Foreign Office. Barbara's first published book was the semi-autobiographical novel Sisters by the River (1947), based on her childhood. Her next novel, Our Spoons Came from Woolworths (1950), was based on her first marriage. Others among her 11 novels were Who was Changed and Who was Dead (1955), The Vet’s Daughter (1959), The Skin Chairs (1962), and The Juniper Tree (1985). Out of the Blue into the Red (1960) was a nonfiction book about Spain, where she and Comyns Carr lived for 18 years. The Vet's Daughter was adapted by BBC radio and also became a 1978 musical called The Clapham Wonder.
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- Œuvres
- 12
- Membres
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- Popularité
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- Évaluation
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- Critiques
- 105
- ISBN
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- Langues
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- Favoris
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BTW, the book is a weird fairytale retelling of the Grimm story of the same name. The story is unusual, but I don't want to spoil anything. One plot development near the end of the novel was a sudden and not fully believable shock, but the denouement was satisfying.… (plus d'informations)