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'''Alan Garner''' | '''Alan Garner''' (born 17 October 1934) is an English novelist best known for his [[children's fantasy]] novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. Much of his work is rooted in the landscape, history and folklore of his native county of [[Cheshire]], [[North West England]], being set in the region and making use of the native [[Cheshire dialect]]. | ||
Born in [[Congleton]], Garner grew up in [[Alderley Edge]], and spent much of his youth in the wooded area known locally as "The Edge", where he gained an early interest in the folklore of the region. Studying at [[Manchester Grammar School]] and then briefly at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]], in 1957 he moved to the village of Blackden, where he bought and renovated an Early Modern Period (circa 1590) building known as Toad Hall. His first novel, ''[[The Weirdstone of Brisingamen]]'', was published in 1960. A children's fantasy novel set on the Edge, it incorporated elements of local folklore in its plot and characters. Garner wrote a sequel, ''[[The Moon of Gomrath]]'' (1963), and a third book, ''[[Boneland]]'' (2012). He wrote several fantasy novels, including ''[[Elidor]]'' (1965), ''[[The Owl Service]]'' (1967) and ''[[Red Shift (novel)|Red Shift]]'' (1973). | Born in [[Congleton]], Garner grew up in [[Alderley Edge]], and spent much of his youth in the wooded area known locally as "The Edge", where he gained an early interest in the folklore of the region. Studying at [[Manchester Grammar School]] and then briefly at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]], in 1957 he moved to the village of Blackden, where he bought and renovated an Early Modern Period (circa 1590) building known as Toad Hall. His first novel, ''[[The Weirdstone of Brisingamen]]'', was published in 1960. A children's fantasy novel set on the Edge, it incorporated elements of local folklore in its plot and characters. Garner wrote a sequel, ''[[The Moon of Gomrath]]'' (1963), and a third book, ''[[Boneland]]'' (2012). He wrote several fantasy novels, including ''[[Elidor]]'' (1965), ''[[The Owl Service]]'' (1967) and ''[[Red Shift (novel)|Red Shift]]'' (1973). | ||
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===''Elidor'', ''The Owl Service'' and ''Red Shift'': 1964–73=== | ===''Elidor'', ''The Owl Service'' and ''Red Shift'': 1964–73=== | ||
In 1962, Garner began work on a [[radio play]] entitled ''Elidor'', which eventually became a novel of the same name.{{sfn|Philip|1981|p=14}} Set in contemporary Manchester, ''Elidor'' tells the story of four children who enter a derelict Victorian church and find a portal to the magical realm of Elidor. In Elidor, they are entrusted by King Malebron to help rescue four treasures which have been stolen by the forces of evil, who are attempting to take control of the kingdom. The children succeed and return to Manchester with the treasures, but are pursued by the malevolent forces who need the items to seal their victory.{{sfn|Philip|1981|p=14}} | In 1962, Garner began work on a [[radio play]] entitled ''Elidor'', which eventually became a novel of the same name.{{sfn|Philip|1981|p=14}} Set in contemporary Manchester, ''[[Elidor]]'' tells the story of four children who enter a derelict Victorian church and find a portal to the magical realm of Elidor. In Elidor, they are entrusted by King Malebron to help rescue four treasures which have been stolen by the forces of evil, who are attempting to take control of the kingdom. The children succeed and return to Manchester with the treasures, but are pursued by the malevolent forces who need the items to seal their victory.{{sfn|Philip|1981|p=14}} | ||
{{Quote box|width=25em|align=right|"As I turned toward writing, which is partially intellectual in its function, but is primarily intuitive and emotional in its execution, I turned towards that which was numinous and emotional in me, and that was the legend of King Arthur Asleep Under the Hill. It stood for all that I'd had to give up in order to understand what I'd had to give up. And so my first two books, which are very poor on characterization because I was somehow numbed in that area, are very strong on imagery and landscape, because the landscape I had inherited along with the legend."|source = Alan Garner, 1989{{sfn|Thompson|Garner|1989}} }} | {{Quote box|width=25em|align=right|"As I turned toward writing, which is partially intellectual in its function, but is primarily intuitive and emotional in its execution, I turned towards that which was numinous and emotional in me, and that was the legend of King Arthur Asleep Under the Hill. It stood for all that I'd had to give up in order to understand what I'd had to give up. And so my first two books, which are very poor on characterization because I was somehow numbed in that area, are very strong on imagery and landscape, because the landscape I had inherited along with the legend."|source = Alan Garner, 1989{{sfn|Thompson|Garner|1989}} }} | ||
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==Works== | ==Works== | ||
===Novels=== | ===Novels=== | ||
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* ''[[The Weirdstone of Brisingamen]]'', 1960 | * ''[[The Weirdstone of Brisingamen]]'', 1960 | ||
* ''[[The Moon of Gomrath]]'', 1963 | * ''[[The Moon of Gomrath]]'', 1963 | ||
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* ''[[Boneland]]'', 2012 | * ''[[Boneland]]'', 2012 | ||
* ''[[Treacle Walker]]'', 2021 | * ''[[Treacle Walker]]'', 2021 | ||
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===Short story collections=== | ===Short story collections=== | ||
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* ''[[The Hamish Hamilton Book of Goblins]]'', 1969 | * ''[[The Hamish Hamilton Book of Goblins]]'', 1969 | ||
* ''[[The Guizer: A Book of Fools]]'', 1975 | * ''[[The Guizer: A Book of Fools]]'', 1975 | ||
* ''[[The Stone Book Quartet]]'', 1979 | * ''[[The Stone Book Quartet]]'', 1979 | ||
* ''[[The Lad of the Gad]]'', 1980 | * ''[[The Lad of the Gad]]'', 1980 | ||
* ''[[Fairytales of Gold]]'', 1980, (Illustrated by [[Michael Foreman (illustrator)|Michael Foreman]]) | * ''[[Fairytales of Gold]]'', 1980, (Illustrated by [[Michael Foreman (illustrator)|Michael Foreman]]) | ||
* ''[[Book of British Fairy Tales]]'', 1984, (Illustrated by [[Derek Collard]]) | * ''[[Book of British Fairy Tales]]'', 1984, (Illustrated by [[Derek Collard]]) | ||
* ''[[A Bag of Moonshine]]'', 1986, (Illustrated by [[P. J. Lynch]]) | * ''[[A Bag of Moonshine]]'', 1986, (Illustrated by [[P. J. Lynch]]) | ||
* ''[[Once Upon a Time (1993 short story)|Once Upon a Time]]'', 1993 | * ''[[Once Upon a Time (1993 short story)|Once Upon a Time]]'', 1993 | ||
* ''[[Collected Folk Tales]]'', 2011 | * ''[[Collected Folk Tales]]'', 2011 | ||
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===Other books=== | ===Other books=== | ||
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* ''[[Holly from the Bongs: A Nativity Play]]'', 1966 | * ''[[Holly from the Bongs: A Nativity Play]]'', 1966 | ||
* ''[[The Old Man of Mow]]'', 1967 | * ''[[The Old Man of Mow]]'', 1967 | ||
* ''[[The Breadhorse]]'', 1975 | * ''[[The Breadhorse]]'', 1975 | ||
* ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk (Garner book)|Jack and the Beanstalk]]'', 1992, (Illustrated by [[Julek Heller]]) | * ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk (Garner book)|Jack and the Beanstalk]]'', 1992, (Illustrated by [[Julek Heller]]) | ||
* ''[[The Little Red Hen (Garner book)|The Little Red Hen]]'', 1997 | * ''[[The Little Red Hen (Garner book)|The Little Red Hen]]'', 1997 | ||
* ''[[The Well of the Wind]]'', 1998 | * ''[[The Well of the Wind]]'', 1998 | ||
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* ''[[Where Shall We Run To?]]'', 2018 | * ''[[Where Shall We Run To?]]'', 2018 | ||
* ''[[Powsels and Thrums]]'', 2024 | * ''[[Powsels and Thrums]]'', 2024 | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:English children's writers]] | [[Category:English children's writers]] | ||
[[Category:English fantasy writers]] | [[Category:English fantasy writers]] | ||
[[Category:Dark fantasy writers]] | |||
[[Category:Carnegie Medal in Literature winners]] | [[Category:Carnegie Medal in Literature winners]] | ||
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature]] | [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature]] | ||
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[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:English male novelists]] | [[Category:English male novelists]] | ||
[[Category:Writers of mythic fiction]] | |||
[[Category:Writers from Cheshire]] | |||