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Profile of P.L. Travers
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P.L. Travers |
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9th August 1899 |
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Mayborough, Queensland, Australia |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Pamela Lyndon Travers (August 9, 1899 - April 23, 1996), born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, was the author of Mary Poppins and student of G. I. Gurdjieff. Both a published poet and a novelist, she knew W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot. She preferred to be called P. L. Travers.
Books by P. L. Travers
Mary Poppins books
- Mary Poppins (1934)
- Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935)
- Mary Poppins in the Park (1935)
- Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943)
- Gingerbread Shop (1952)
- Mr. Wigg's Birthday Party (1952)
- The Magic Compass (1953)
- Mary Poppins From A-Z (1962)
- Mary Poppins in the Kitchen (1975)
- Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane (1982)
- Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (1988)
Novels
- I Go By Sea, I Go By Land (1941)
- Fox at the Manger (1962)
- Friend Monkey (1971)
- About the Sleeping Beauty (1975)
- Two Pairs of Shoes (1976)
Collections
- Stories from Mary Poppin (1952)
- Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane / Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (1999)
- Mary Poppins Omnibooks (1999)
Non-fiction
- What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story (1989)
Books on P. L. Travers
A Lively Oracle: a Centennial Celebration of P. L. Travers, Creator of Mary Poppins. Ellen Dooling Draper and Jenny Koralek, editors. (New York: Larson Publications, 1999).
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