Mary Renault
British writer
Eileen Mary Challans, known by her pen name Mary Renault, was a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.
Born in Forest Gate in 1905, she attended St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1924 until 1928. Wikipedia
Born: September 4, 1905, Forest Gate, London, United Kingdom
Died: December 13, 1983 (age 78 years), Cape Town, South Africa
Nominations: Lost Man Booker Prize
Partner: Julie Mullard
Education: St Hugh's College, Oxford
Notable works: The King Must Die; The Charioteer; The Last of the Wine; Fire from Heaven; The Persian Boy; Funeral Games
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