Winifred Gérin
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Winifred Eveleen Gérin, OBE
(7 October 1901 – 28 June 1981) was an English biographer born in Hamburg
. She is best known as a biographer of the Brontë sisters and their brother Branwell
, whose lives she researched extensively. Charlotte Brontë: the Evolution of Genius (1967) is regarded as her seminal work and received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
, the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize
and the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann prize.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(7 October 1901 – 28 June 1981) was an English biographer born in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. She is best known as a biographer of the Brontë sisters and their brother Branwell
Branwell Brontë
Patrick Branwell Brontë was a painter and poet, the only son of the Brontë family, and the brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.-Youth:...
, whose lives she researched extensively. Charlotte Brontë: the Evolution of Genius (1967) is regarded as her seminal work and received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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...
, the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize
Rose Mary Crawshay Prize
The Rose Mary Crawshay Prize is a literary prize for female scholars. It was inaugurated in 1888 and is stated by the British Academy to be the only UK literary prize for female scholars...
and the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann prize.
Awards and distinctions
- James Tait Black Memorial PrizeJames Tait Black Memorial PrizeFounded 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...
(1967) - Rose Mary Crawshay PrizeRose Mary Crawshay PrizeThe Rose Mary Crawshay Prize is a literary prize for female scholars. It was inaugurated in 1888 and is stated by the British Academy to be the only UK literary prize for female scholars...
(1967) - Royal Society of Literature Heinemann prize (1967)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1968)
- OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(1975)
Works
- Anne Brontë, Thomas Nelson, 1959
- Branwell Bronte, Thomas Nelson, 1961
- Charlotte Brontë : the evolution of genius, Clarendon, 1967
- Horatia NelsonHoratia NelsonHoratia Nelson, christened as Horatia Nelson Thompson was the illegitimate daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson.-Early life:...
, Clarendon, 1970 - Emily Brontë : a biography Clarendon, 1971
- Elizabeth Gaskell : a biography, Clarendon, 1976
- Ann Thackeray Ritchie : a biography, Oxford University Press, 1981