Rumer Godden
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Margaret Rumer Godden OBE (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998[1]) was an English author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films,[2] most notably Black Narcissus in 1947 and The River in 1951.
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Born | Margaret Rumer Godden (1907-12-10)10 December 1907 Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
Died | 8 November 1998(1998-11-08) (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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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.