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Elizabeth Goudge

English fiction writer (1900-1984) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 83

Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge FRSL was an English writer of fiction and children's books. She won the Carnegie Medal for British children's books in 1946 for The Little White Horse. Goudge was long a popular author in the UK and the US and regained attention decades later.

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Carnegie Medal1946
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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In 1993 her book The Rosemary Tree was plagiarised by Indrani Aikath-Gyaltsen; the "new" novel set in India was warmly reviewed in The New York Times and The Washington Post before its source was discovered. In 2001 or 2002, J. K. Rowling identified The Little White Horse as one of her favourite books and one of few to have a direct influence on the Harry Potter series.

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
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Deceased
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Lived 1900 to 1984 · aged 83

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