Rosemary Sutcliff (1920 - 1992) روزماري سوتكليف
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An English novelist, known for her children's books. She was born in East Clandon, Surrey. She spent her childhood in Malta and several naval bases where her father, a Royal Navy officer, was stationed. She developed Still's disease as a young child and used a wheelchair most of...Read more her life. Her early education was interrupted by moving house and her ill health. She didn't learn to read until she was nine, and she left school at fourteen to enter Bideford Art School, which she attended for three years. She graduated from the General Art Course, then worked as a miniatures painter. In 1954, she published her best-known work, "The Eagle of the Ninth", part of a series about Roman Britain and its aftermath. She won the Carnegie Medal for her third book in the Eagle series, "The Lantern Bearers" (1959). She was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, and then Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1992. She's known for The Eagle (2011) and Sword of the Valiant (1984). She died on 23 July 1992 in Chichester, UK.
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- Nationality:
- UK
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- Date of Birth:
- 14 December 1920
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An English novelist, known for her children's books. She was born in East Clandon, Surrey. She spent her childhood in Malta and several naval bases where her father, a Royal Navy...Read more officer, was stationed. She developed Still's disease as a young child and used a wheelchair most of her life. Her early education was interrupted by moving house and her ill health. She didn't learn to read until she was nine, and she left school at fourteen to enter Bideford Art School, which she attended for three years. She graduated from the General Art Course, then worked as a miniatures painter. In 1954, she published her best-known work, "The Eagle of the Ninth", part of a series about Roman Britain and its aftermath. She won the Carnegie Medal for her third book in the Eagle series, "The Lantern Bearers" (1959). She was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, and then Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1992. She's known for The Eagle (2011) and Sword of the Valiant (1984). She died on 23 July 1992 in Chichester, UK.
- Nationality:
- UK
- Date of Birth:
- 14 December 1920
