Emma Smith (1) (1923–2018)
Auteur de The Far Cry
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A propos de l'auteur
Emma Smith was born Elspeth Hallsmith in Newquay, Cornwall, England on August 23, 1923. During World War II, she worked the War Office and volunteered to crew canal boats carrying vital supplies along the Grand Union Canal. After the war, she worked as a runner-cum-secretary for screenwriter Laurie afficher plus Lee. Her first book, Maidens' Trip, was published in 1948 and won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize. Her other books included The Far Cry, The Opportunity of a Lifetime, and a series of children's books. Her memoirs included The Great Western Beach and As Green as Grass: Growing Up Before, During and After the Second World War. She died on April 24, 2018 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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- Nom légal
- Hallsmith, Elspeth (birth name)
- Autres noms
- Stewart-Jones, Elspeth
- Date de naissance
- 1923-08-21
- Date de décès
- 2018-04-24
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Putney, London, England, UK
Radnorshire, Wales, UK - Études
- privately educated
- Professions
- novelist
children's book author - Relations
- Lee, Laurie (employer and mentor)
- Courte biographie
- Emma Smith was the pen name of Elspeth Hallsmith, later Elspeth Stewart-Jones, born in Newquay, Cornwall, England. Her parents Janet and Guthrie Hallsmith had both served in World War I, she as a nurse, and he as an officer decorated for bravery. As a child, Elspeth and her three siblings roamed the local beaches, playing in rock pools, swimming and reading to escape their unhappy home, where their parents’ marriage was unraveling and their father took out his frustration from his job as a bank clerk. He and Elspeth read poetry together, but she was relieved when he abandoned the family following a breakdown when she was 12. At the outbreak of World War II, she went to work for the British War Office, headquartered at Blenheim Palace, and then volunteered to crew canal boats carrying vital supplies along the Grand Union Canal. This experienced inspired her to write her first novel, Maidens’ Trip, published to popular and critical success in 1948, which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize. Her second novel, The Far Cry, was written in Paris, where as she sat on the Île de la Cité typing, Robert Doisneau snapped her photo for Paris-Match magazine. The Far Cry was published in 1949 and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 1951, Emma married Richard Stewart-Jones, with whom she lived in London and had two children. After his death from a heart attack 1957, she was left with heavy mortgages and two youngsters to support. She took them to live in Wales, where she wrote a series of children’s books and a novel, The Opportunity of a Lifetime (1978). After her return to London, she also published two volumes of memoirs, The Great Western Beach (2008) and As Green As Grass (2013).
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- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 421
- Popularité
- #57,942
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 181
- Langues
- 4
- Favoris
- 1