Rosemary Say (1919–1996)
Author of Rosie's War
Works by Rosemary Say
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- Birthdate
- 1919-03-30
- Date of death
- 1996-02-06
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Avignon, France
Paris, France
London, England, UK
Marseilles, France
Madrid, Spain - Education
- Welsh Girls' School
- Occupations
- nanny
memoirist
theater critic - Relationships
- Holland, Julia (daughter)
Mackay, Ian (husband)
Holland, Julian (husband) - Organizations
- Special Operations Unit
International Association of Theatre Critics
Critics' Circle - Short biography
- Rosemary Say was a young English girl working as an au pair in France in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II. When she tried to flee the country, she could only get far as Paris and became trapped there. She went to work at the American Hospital and then did other menial jobs to survive the Nazi Occupation. Later she was able to escape back to the UK and worked for the secret British spy organization SOE (Special Operations Executive) in London. She went on to a career as a theatre and television critic for The Sunday Telegraph. Her memoir Rosie's War: An Englishwoman's Escape from Occupied France, was completed after her death by her daughter and son-in-law, Julia and Noel Holland, and published in 2011.
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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