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Penelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher; 19 September 1918 – 19 October 1999) was a Welsh-born English journalist, biographer, and novelist. Her semi-autobiographical novel The Pumpkin Eater (1962) was made into a 1964 film of the same name.
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- 19 October 1999 (aged 81), Kensington, England
Penelope Ruth Mortimer, nata Fletcher, è stata una scrittrice, giornalista e biografa britannica. Il suo romanzo quasi autobiografico The Pumpkin Eater è stato adattato in un film del 1964 per il quale Anne Bancroft vinse il premio come migliore attrice al 17º Festival di Cannes per la sua interpretazione di Jo Armitage ...
27 mar 2024 · Penelope Ruth Mortimer. Née: Penelope Fletcher. Born: Sept. 19, 1918, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales. Died: Oct. 19, 1999, London, Eng. (aged 81) Awards And Honors: Costa Book Awards (1979) Notable Works: “Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting” Notable Family Members: spouse Sir John Mortimer.
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29 giu 2015 · On 27 March 1956, Penelope Mortimer, a 37-year-old novelist and mother of six, took up her pen at home in Swiss Cottage, north London, and opened her diary. “Perhaps soon I shall begin to write...
22 ott 1999 · Giles Gordon. Thu 21 Oct 1999 21.10 EDT. Penelope Mortimer, who has died of cancer aged 81, might not immediately be thought of as a feminist, but her nine novels all took up the cudgels on...
5 giu 2015 · Penelope Mortimer è una scrittrice che ha inaugurato, con il suo romanzo “ The Pumpkin Eater ”, quello che sarebbe diventato per antonomasia il romanzo ‘femminile’: per la prima volta, almeno con questi risultati, una voce ha parlato dell’essere donna alle donne e agli uomini.
11 mag 2022 · The Calamity of Unwanted Motherhood. Penelope Mortimer’s 64-year-old novel is a powerful argument for letting women choose when and whether they become a parent. By Sophie Gilbert. Getty; The...
