Elizabeth goudge biography
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Elizabeth Goudge
English novelist and children's writer (–)
Elizabeth de Beauchamp GoudgeFRSL (24 April – 1 April ) was an English writer of fiction and children's books. She won the Carnegie Medal for British children's books in for The Little vit Horse.[1] Goudge was long a popular author in the UK and the US and regained attention decades later. In her book The Rosemary Tree was plagiarised by Indrani Aikath-Gyaltsen; the "new" novel set in India was warmly reviewed in The New York Times and The Washington Post before its source was discovered.[2] In or J. K. Rowling identified The Little White Horse as one of her favourite books and one of few with a direct influence on the Harry Potter series.[3][4]
Biography
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[edit]Goudge was born on 24 April in Tower House in The Liberty of the cathedral city of Wells, Somerset, where her father, Henry Leighton Goudge, was vice-principal of the Theological C
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Elizabeth Goudge
Born
in Wells, The United KingdomApril 24,
Died
April 01,
Genre
Romance, Children's Books, Short Stories
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Elizabeth Goudge was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books.
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on 24 April in Wells, Somerset, in Tower House close by the cathedral in an area known as The Liberty, Her father, the Reverend Henry Leighton Goudge, taught in the cathedral school. Her mother was Miss Ida Collenette from the Channel Isles. Elizabeth was an only child. The family moved to Ely for a Canonry as Principal of the theological college. Later, when her father was made Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, they moved to Christ Church, Oxford.
She went to boarding school during WWI and later to Arts College, presumably at Reading College. She made a small living as teacher, and continued to live with herElizabeth Goudge was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books.
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Elizabeth Goudge
Well-known author of children’s books, Elizabeth Goudge, lived in Peppard Common for 32 years.
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Lived in Peppard Common for 32 years
Born
24 April
Died
1 April
Biography
Elizabeth Goudge was born in Wells in Somerset, close to the cathedral. Her father was the Reverend Henry Goudge, a teacher at the cathedral school. Her mother was Miss Ida Colette who was born in the Channel Islands and met her future husband while on holiday.
She was an only child, and her father’s career meant they lived in beautiful places. Her education did not prepare her for the modern world as she was taught at home by a governess, Miss Lavington. These circumstances were ideal for an imaginative writer and she used instances and images from her childhood in her books such as City of Bells, Henrietta’s House, Linnets and Valerians, Sister of the Angels and The Lost Angel.
She attended boarding school in Hampshire for a while and then art colleg