Myrna Combellack
Encyclopedia
Myrna May Combellackis an academic researcher and writer of the Institute of Cornish Studies
(in the Charles Thomas
era), translator of Beunans Meriasek
and author of several works of fiction.
in 1971.
" (PhD thesis, University of Exeter, 1985)
Institute of Cornish Studies
The Institute of Cornish Studies is a research institute in west Cornwall: it started in 1970/71 as a research centre jointly funded by Exeter University and Cornwall County Council, with three core staff being employees of the University of Exeter...
(in the Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas (historian)
Antony Charles Thomas, CBE, FSA is a British historian and archaeologist who was Professor of Cornish Studies at Exeter University, and the first Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies, from 1971 until his retirement in 1991...
era), translator of Beunans Meriasek
Beunans Meriasek
Beunans Meriasek is a Cornish play completed in 1504. Its subject is the legends of the life of Saint Meriasek or Meriadoc, patron saint of Camborne, whose veneration was popular in Cornwall, Brittany, and elsewhere...
and author of several works of fiction.
Early life
She graduated in English from the University of YorkUniversity of York
The University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...
in 1971.
Doctoral thesis
"A Critical Edition of Beunans MeriasekBeunans Meriasek
Beunans Meriasek is a Cornish play completed in 1504. Its subject is the legends of the life of Saint Meriasek or Meriadoc, patron saint of Camborne, whose veneration was popular in Cornwall, Brittany, and elsewhere...
" (PhD thesis, University of Exeter, 1985)
Academic work
- 1974: A Survey of Musical Activities in Cornwall (Series: Special reports; no.1). Redruth: Institute of Cornish Studies ISBN 0903686058
- 1988: The Camborne Play. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran ISBN 1-850220-39-5 (translation in verse of Beunans Meriasek)
Fiction
- 1989: The Playing Place. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran ISBN 1850220417 (novel)
- 2002: A Fine Place: the Cornish estate. Cornish Fiction ISBN 0954191803
- 2003: The Permanent History of Penaluna's Van. Cornish Fiction ISBN 0954191811
- 2004: Cuts in the Face: stories from Cornwall. Cornish Fiction ISBN 095419182X
- 2005: The Mistress of Grammar [and] Niobe's Tears. Cornish Fiction ISBN 0954191838 (novella and short story; "Niobe's tears" was first published in The new quarterly cave; v. 2, no. 4, 1977)
- 2007: A Place to Stay: the Cornish bypass (Playing Place series). Cornish Fiction ISBN 0954191846