Peake, Mervyn

Peake, Mervyn

▪ English novelist
born July 9, 1911, Kuling, Kiangsi Province, China
died Nov. 17, 1968, Burcot, Oxfordshire, Eng.

      English novelist, poet, painter, playwright, and illustrator, best known for the bizarre Titus Groan trilogy of novels and for his illustrations of his novels and of children's stories.

      Educated in China and in Kent, Peake went to art school and trained as a painter, but he was stricken with a progressive illness that made him increasingly helpless until his death.

      His Titus Groan novels—consisting of Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950), and Titus Alone (1959)—display a gallery of eccentric and freakish characters in an idiosyncratic Gothic setting. Peake's drawings and paintings, particularly his illustrations for the novels and for children's books, are only a little less known, and his poem The Glassblowers (1950) won a literary prize, together with Gormenghast. Peake also wrote a play, The Wit to Woo (performed 1957).

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Peake, Mervyn Laurence — (1911 1968)    The author of the Gormenghast books, he was born at Kuling, China, the son of a missionary doctor. He studied art at the Royal Academy Schools, then spent two years in an artist s commune on the Channel Island of Sark. From 1935 to …   British and Irish poets

  • Mervyn Peake — Mervyn Laurence Peake Born 9 July 1911 (1911 07 09) Kuling, Jiangxi, China …   Wikipedia

  • Mervyn Peake — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Peake. Mervyn Laurence Peake (Kuling, Chine, 9 juillet 1911 17 novembre 1968) est un illustrateur, poète et écrivain Anglais. Ami de Dylan Thomas et Graham Greene, il est surtout connu pour sa trilogie de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Mervyn Peake — Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 de julio de 1911 17 de noviembre de 1968), escritor, artista, poeta e ilustrador británico. Se le conoce principalmente por los libros de Titus (también llamados trilogía de Gormenghast), que conforman la terna: Titus… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Mervyn Peake — Mervyn Laurence Peake (* 9. Juli 1911 in Kuling, Kaiserreich China; † 17. November 1968 in Burford bei Oxford, England) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Illustrator. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Gormenghast 3 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peake (surname) — Peake is a surname, and may refer to:* Archibald Peake, an Australian conservative politician and Premier of South Australia. * Arthur Peake, (born 1865), British biblical scholar * Brett Peake, Australian rules footballer * Frederick Gerard… …   Wikipedia

  • Mervyn — or Mervin may refer to: As a given name: Mervyn Archdall (disambiguation), various persons Mervyn S. Bennion (1887 1941), US Navy captain killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor Mervyn Carrick (born 1946),… …   Wikipedia

  • Mervyn — ist im englischen Sprachraum ein von dem walisischen Namen Merfyn abgeleiteter männlicher Vorname.[1][2] Bekannte Namensträger Mervyn Alexander (1925–2010), britischer römisch katholischer Bischof Mervyn Davies (* 1946), walisischer Rugby Union… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peake — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Don Peake (* 1940), US amerikanischer Musiker Ethel Peake (1885–1954), britisch kanadische Sängerin James Peake (* 1944), ehemaliger US amerikanischer Generalleutnant sowie Kriegsveteranenminister der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Mervyn Cawston — Personal information Date of birth 4 February 1952 (1952 02 04) (age 59) Place of birth …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”