Rumer Godden
Rumer Godden | |
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Rumer Godden, 1940s | |
| Born | Margaret Rumer Godden 10 December 1907 Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
| Died | 8 November 1998 (aged 90) Moniaive, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet and children's story writer |
| Notable works | Black Narcissus, The River, The Greengage Summer, The Doll's House |
| Notable awards | Whitbread Award for Children's Literature (1972) |
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| Children | 2 |
Margaret Rumer Godden OBE (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably Black Narcissus in 1947 and The River in 1951.
A few of her works were co-written with her elder sister, novelist Jon Godden, including Two Under the Indian Sun, a memoir of the Goddens' childhood in a region of India now part of Bangladesh.