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Naomi Mitchison

Scottish novelist and poet (1897-1999) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 101

Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often called a doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote more than 90 books of historical and science fiction, travel writing and autobiography.

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Honorary Doctorate1994
Commander of the Order of the British Empire1981

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Her husband Dick Mitchison's life peerage in 1964 entitled her to call herself Lady Mitchison, but she never did. Her 1931 work, The Corn King and the Spring Queen, is seen by some as the prime 20th-century historical novel.

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1999 · aged 101