Penelope Lively facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Penelope Lively
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Lively in 2013
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| Born | Penelope Margaret Low 17 March 1933 Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | St Anne's College, Oxford |
| Period | 1970–present |
| Genre | Novels, short stories, children's fiction (notably contemporary fantasy) |
| Notable awards | Carnegie Medal 1973 Booker Prize 1987 |
| Spouse |
Jack Lively
(m. 1957; died 1998) |
| Children | 2, including Adam Lively |
| Relatives | Valentine Low (half-brother) Rachel Reckitt (aunt) |
Dame Penelope Margaret Lively (born on March 17, 1933) is a famous British writer. She writes exciting stories for both kids and grown-ups. Penelope Lively has won two very important awards: the Booker Prize for her adult novel Moon Tiger (in 1987) and the Carnegie Medal for her children's book The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (in 1973).
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Writing for Young Readers
Penelope Lively first became well-known for her children's books. Her very first book, Astercote, came out in 1970. It's a fantasy story set in a village in the Cotswolds area of England. The story involves a nearby forest where a medieval village once stood before the Plague wiped it out.
Lively wrote more than twenty books for children. Two of her most famous children's books are The Ghost of Thomas Kempe and A Stitch in Time.
Awards for Children's Books
For The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, she won the 1973 Carnegie Medal. This award is given to the best children's book by a British writer each year.
She also won the 1976 Whitbread Children's Book Award for A Stitch in Time. These three novels often explore local history from hundreds of years ago. They make it feel like you are almost traveling back in time, even though it's not actual time travel.
Writing for Adults
Penelope Lively also writes many books for adults. Her first novel for grown-ups, The Road to Lichfield, was published in 1977. It was chosen as a finalist for the Booker Prize. She was a finalist again in 1984 with According to Mark.
She finally won the Booker Prize in 1987 for her novel Moon Tiger. This book tells the story of a woman's adventurous life as she remembers it while in a hospital. Many of Lively's books explore how memory works and how the past affects the present.
Besides novels, she has written short stories, radio and TV scripts. She has also presented a radio show and written articles for newspapers.
About Her Life
Penelope Lively married Jack Lively, who was a professor, in 1957. They had a son and a daughter. Her husband passed away in 1998. Today, she lives in London, England. Her home is filled with interesting things like paintings and ancient Egyptian pottery pieces.
The journalist Valentine Low is her half-brother.
Recognitions and Honours
Penelope Lively is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. This means she is recognized as a very important writer. She is also a vice-president of the Friends of the British Library.
She has received several important awards from the British Empire:
- She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1989.
- She became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2001.
- She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2012. This is why she is called "Dame Penelope Lively."
She was a finalist for the Booker Prize three times. She won the prize in 1987 for her novel Moon Tiger.
Her Books
Books for Children
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Books for Adults
Nonfiction Books
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See also
In Spanish: Penelope Lively para niños
