Mervyn Peake
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Mervyn Peake(1911 - 1968), reknowned author, a writer of modern the modern classics such as Gormenghast.
Life
Mervyn Peake was born in China in 1911. Educated at Tientsin Grammar School, Eltham College, Kent and Academy Schooles. His first publishing acheivement was a book of poetry Shapes & Sounds published in 1941.
Literary Style
Bibliography
Novels
- Titus Groan (1946)
- Gormenghast (1950)
- Titus Alone (1956)
- Mr Pye (1953)
- Boy in Darkness (1956)
Plays
- The Wit to Woo (1957)
Poetry
- Shapes and Sounds (1941)
- The Glassblowers (1950)
- Poems and Drawings (1965)
- A Reverie of Bone (1967)
- Selected Poems (1972)
- The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb (1973)
Legacy
The Mervyn Peake award, was established in 2001. It's aim is to empower those who suffer from the debilitating disease of Parkinsons.