Ruth Manning-Sanders

Ruth Manning-Sanders, född 21 augusti 1886 i Swansea, Wales, död 12 oktober 1988, var en walesisk poet och författare. Hon är kanske mest känd för sin barnboksserie där hon återberättar sagor från olika delar av världen.

Liv och karriär

Manning-Sanders studerade engelsk litteratur samt bedrev William Shakespeare-studier vid Manchester University. Hon gifte sig med den engelske artisten George Sanders 1911 (och de ändrade sina namn till Manning-Sanders). Efter att hennes make dog i en olycka 1952 publicerade hon dussintals sago-antologier, framförallt under 1960- och 1970-talen. Många av dem hade titlar som började med "A book of..." (A Book of Wizards, A book of Dwarfs och så vidare).

Utmärkeler

• The Blindman International Poetry Prize 1926 för The City.

Bibliografi

• A Book of Giants, 1962
• A Book of Dwarfs, 1963
• A Book of Dragons, 1964
• A Book of Witches, 1965
• A Book of Wizards, 1966
• A Book of Mermaids, 1967
• A Book of Ghosts and Goblins, 1968
• A Book of Princes and Princesses, 1969
• A Book of Magical Beasts, 1970 (editor)
• A Book of Devils and Demons, 1970
• A Book of Charms and Changelings, 1971
• A Book of Ogres and Trolls, 1972
• A Book of Sorcerers and Spells, 1973
• A Book of Magic Animals, 1974
• A Book of Monsters, 1975
• A Book of Enchantments and Curses, 1977
• A Book of Kings and Queens, 1977
• A Book of Marvels and Magic, 1978
• A Book of Spooks and Spectres, 1979
• A Book of Cats and Creatures, 1981
• A Book of Heroes and Heroines, 1982
• A Book of Magic Adventures, 1983
• A Book of Magic Horses, 1984

Andra utvalda titlar

• The Pedlar and Other Poems, 1919
• Karn, 1922
• Pages from the History of Zachy Trenoy -- Sometime Labourer in the Hundred of Penwith, 1922
• The Twelve Saints, 1926
• Martha Wish-You-Ill, 1922
• The City, 1927
• Waste Corner, 1927
• Selina Pennaluna, 1927
• Hucca's Moor, 1929
• The Crochet Woman, 1930
• The Growing Trees, 1931
• She Was Sofia, 1932
• Mermaid's Mirror, 1935
• The Girls Who Made an Angel, 1936
• Children By The Sea, 1938 (published in United States as Adventure May Be Anywhere)
• Elephant: The Romance of Laura, 1938
• Luke's Circus, 1939
• Mystery at Penmarth, 1941
• The West of England, 1949 (non-fiction)
• Swan of Denmark: The Story of Hans Christian Andersen, 1949 (non-fiction)
• Seaside England, 1951 (non-fiction)
• The River Dart, 1951 (non-fiction)
• The English Circus, 1952 (non-fiction)
• Mr. Portal's Little Lions, 1952
• The Golden Ball: A Novel of the Circus, 1954
• Peter and the Piskies: Cornish Folk and Fairy Tales, 1958
• A Bundle of Ballads, 1959
• Circus Boy, 1960
• Red Indian Folk and Fairy Tales, 1960
• Animal Stories, 1961 (non-fiction)
• Birds, Beasts, and Fishes, 1962
• The Smugglers, 1962
• The Red King and the Witch: Gypsy Folk and Fairy Tales, 1964
• Damian and the Dragon: Modern Greek Folk-Tales, 1965
• The Crow's Nest, 1965
• Slippery Shiney, 1965
• The Extraordinary Margaret Catchpole, 1966 (fictionalized biography)
• The Magic Squid, 1968
• Stories from the English and Scottish Ballads, 1968
• The Glass Man and the Golden Bird: Hungarian Folk and Fairy Tales, 1968
• Jonnikin and the Flying Basket: French Folk and Fairy Tales, 1969
• The Spaniards Are Coming!, 1969
• Gianni and the Ogre, 1970
• A Choice of Magic, 1971
• The Three Witch Maidens, 1972
• Festivals, 1973
• Stumpy: A Russian Tale, 1974
• Grandad and the Magic Barrel, 1974
• Old Dog Sirko: A Ukrainian Tale, 1974
• Sir Green Hat and the Wizard, 1974
• Tortoise Tales, 1974
• Ram and Goat, 1974
• Young Gabby Goose, 1975
• Scottish Folk Tales, 1976
• Fox Tales, 1976
• The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: Aesop's Fable Retold, 1977
• Robin Hood and Little John, 1977
• Old Witch Boneyleg, 1978
• The Cock and the Fox, 1978
• Boastful Rabbit, 1978
• Folk and Fairy Tales, 1978
• The Haunted Castle, 1979
• Robin Hood and the Gold Arrow, 1979
• Oh Really, Rabbit!, 1980
• Hedgehog and Puppy Dog, 1982
• Tales of Magic and Mystery, 1985
• A Cauldron of Witches, 1988

Referenser

• Thomson Gale, Contemporary authors (2004)
• M.S. Crouch, The Junior Bookshelf, februari 1989
• Biografiskt material från introuktioner och bokomslag från flera av hennes böcker
• John Clute and John Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1999 års utgåva)
• Theresa Whistler, The Life of Walter de la Mare (2004)
• Nathalie Blondel (Editor), The Journals of Mary Butts (2002)
• Donna Elizabeth Rhein, Handskrivna böcker av Leonard och Virginia Woolf vid the Hogarth Press, 1917-1932 (masteruppsats)
• A Web site about illustrator Robin Jacques