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1898-1971
Novelist, biographer and children's author; born in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) and educated privately. She later attended Petrograd University and became a lecturer in English and mediaeval history there in the early 1920's. She fled to England in 1923 and settled in Shropshire, initially at Worfield, near Bridgnorth and later at Church Stretton. E. M. Almedingen was a prolific author for adults and children but she is perhaps best known for her children's novels and stories, many of which were set in her native Russia. In fact some are based on episodes in and memories of her own family's history, for example Anna (1972) which tells of her great grandmother. In 1941 she won the Atlantic Review Prize for her autobiography Tomorrow will come. Five years later she moved again, this time to Frogmore, a house on the Attingham estate between Berwick Wharf and Upton Magna, where she remained for the rest of her life. Her adult novels include Young Catherine (1937), The lion of the north (1938), Frossia (1943), Fair haven (1956), The little stairway (1960) and Too early lilac (1970). Several volumes of her poems were published, the latest being The unnamed stream and other poems (1965) and she wrote a number of history books and biographies. Her popular novels for children include Little Katia (1966), Young Mark (1967), A candle at dusk (1967) and many others. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1951 and received the Book World Festival award in 1968.
From An Illustrated Literary Guide to Shropshire by Gordon Dickins, published by Shropshire Libraries, 1987. © Gordon Dickins, 1987.
The following works are available in the West Midlands Creative Literature Collection:-
Almond tree
Dark splendour
Dasha
Dom Bernard Clements; a portrait
Emperor Alexander the Second
Fair haven (1956)
Frossia (1943)
Ground corn
Inmost heart
The lion of the north (1938)
Little Katia (1966)
Little stairway (1960)
Rock
She married Pushkin
Stand fast beloved city
Tomorrow will come (1941)
The unnamed stream and other poems (1965)
Very far country
Within the harbour
Young Mark (1967)
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