Mervyn Peake (1911–1968)
Author of The Gormenghast Trilogy
About the Author
Series
Works by Mervyn Peake
Same Time, Same Place 3 copies
Uriel for president 1 copy
Titus 1 copy
Mundos Paralelos 1 copy
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1 copy
At Time of Half-Light [poem] 1 copy
11 Poems 1 copy
Associated Works
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (1865) — Illustrator, some editions — 25,307 copies
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871) — Illustrator, some editions — 7,777 copies
The adventures of the young soldier in search of the better world (1943) — Illustrator, some editions — 27 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Peake, Mervyn
- Legal name
- Peake, Mervyn Laurence
- Birthdate
- 1911-07-09
- Date of death
- 1968-11-17
- Burial location
- St Mary the Virgin, Burpham, West Sussex, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Kuling, Jiangxi, China
- Place of death
- Burcot, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Cause of death
- Lewy body dementia
- Places of residence
- Wallington, London, England, UK
Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey
Smarden, Kent, England, UK - Education
- Croydon School of Art
Royal Academy of Arts - Occupations
- teacher
illustrator
playwright
poet
painter
novelist - Relationships
- Gilmore, Maeve (wife)
Peake, Fabian (son)
Peake, Sebastian (son)
Penate, Clare (daughter) - Awards and honors
- FRSL
The 50 greatest British writers since 1945
Members
Discussions
OT: Extraordinary Editions - MR PYE in Folio Society Devotees (May 2023)
Gormenghast LE 2022 in Folio Society Devotees (April 2023)
Gormenghast LE! in Folio Society Devotees (May 2022)
Group Read: Gormenghast Trilogy - Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone in 2013 Category Challenge (October 2013)
Reviews
Lists
Favourite Books (2)
Overdue Podcast (1)
Sense of place (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
1950s (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Autumn books (1)
Folio Society (1)
Catalog (1)
Unread books (1)
Read These Too (4)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 54
- Also by
- 36
- Members
- 15,370
- Popularity
- #1,483
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 306
- ISBNs
- 279
- Languages
- 18
- Favorited
- 146