Mervyn Peake(1911-1968)

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Mervyn Peake was born on 9 July 1911 in Kiang-Hsi Province, China. He was a writer, known for Gormenghast (2000), Mr Pye (1986) and Spring and Winter (1951). He was married to Maeve Gilmore. He died on 17 November 1968 in Burcot, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

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Gormenghast

7.2

TV Mini Series

Writer

Mr Pye

7.6

TV Mini Series

Writer

Spring and Winter

5.0

Movie

Art Department

1951

The Boy in Darkness

6.5

TV Movie

Writer

2000

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Writer

Gormenghast
7.2
TV Mini Series
- by
- 2000
The Boy in Darkness
6.5
TV Movie
- story
- 2000
The Web
7.1
Short
- book
- 1987
Mr Pye
7.6
TV Mini Series
- novel
- 1986

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Spring and Winter
5.0
- artist
- 1951

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Official site
- Official Site
Born
- July 9, 1911
- Kiang-Hsi Province, China
Died
- November 17, 1968
- Burcot, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Spouse
- Maeve Gilmore1937 - November 17, 1968 (his death, 3 children)
Children
- Fabian Benedict Peake,
Other works
Novel: "Gormenghast," 1967.
Publicity listings
- 3 Print Biographies
- 1 Article

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Poet, novelist, painter, playwright and illustrator, best known for: 'Rhymes Without Reason', 1944; 'Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor', 1945; 'The Craft of the Lead Pencil', 1946; 'Titus Groan' (novel), 1946; 'Letters from a Lost Uncle', 1948; 'The Glassblowers' (poem) and 'Gormenghast' (novel) were awarded W.H.Heinemann Foundation Prize (Royal Society of Literature) 1950; 'Mr Pye', 1953; 'The Wit to Woo' (play), 1957; 'Titus Alone' (novel), 1959; 'The Rime of the Flying Bomb', 1962; 'Titus Groan' novel, 1967; 'A Reverie of Bone' (poems), 1967.