Chapman Mortimer
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Chapman Mortimer was the pen name of William Charles ("W. C.") Chapman Mortimer (born 15 May 1907 died 1988), a Scottish
novelist. He won the James Tait Black Award
for fiction in 1951 for his novel Father Goose
.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
novelist. He won the James Tait Black Award
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Founded in 1919, the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book prizes awarded for literature written in the English language and are Britain's oldest literary awards...
for fiction in 1951 for his novel Father Goose
Father Goose
Father Goose may refer to:* Father Goose: His Book, by L. Frank Baum, or the character of that name in his other works* Father Goose, a book by Chapman Mortimer that won the 1951 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction...
.
Publications
- A Stranger on the Stair (1950)
- Father Goose (1951)
- Young Men waiting (1952)
- Here in Spain (1955)
- Mediterraneo (1955)
- Magrigal (1960)
- Amparo (1971)