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'''Celia Dale''' is an English author and book reviewer. She has won several awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Best Short Story of the Year award. |
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'''Celia Dale''' (15 January 1912<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Authors: First revision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHREAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Gale Research Company|page=272}}</ref> – 31 December 2011), was an English [[author]] and [[book reviewer]]. |
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==Family== |
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http://www.faber.co.uk/author/celia-dale/ |
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Both Celia Dale's parents were actors – her father was the noted stage and television actor James Dale (1887–1985), her mother Marguerite Adamson.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197708/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm IMDB. Retrieved 23 June 2020.]</ref> She was a cousin of the novelist Sarah Harrison.<ref>[http://www.sarah-harrison.net/about-sarah/ Sarah Harrison's site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.]</ref> She was married to the journalist and critic Guy Ramsey, until his death in 1959.<ref name="FF">[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/celia-dale/ Fantastic Fiction site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.]</ref> |
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==Work== |
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Celia Dale's first novel, '' The Least Of These'', was published in 1943 and she went on to write twelve more and a volume of short stories. Her later novels were [[Psychological thriller|psychological thrillers]].<ref name="FF"/> She won several awards, including the [[Crime Writers' Association]] Best Short Story of the Year award for ''Lines of Communication'' and ''A Personal Call and other stories'' in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.faber.co.uk/author/celia-dale/ |title=Celia Dale |publisher=Faber & Faber |access-date=20 August 2011}}</ref> She also worked as a secretary to the author [[Rumer Godden]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Chisholm |first1=Anne | title=Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8GgmFqXKcQ4C |access-date=20 August 2011 |year=1999 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |isbn= 978-0-330-36747-9 |page=253}}</ref> Four of her novels were reissued as [[Faber and Faber|Faber]] Finds in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.faber.co.uk/blog/celia-dale-1912-2011-quiet-clever-subtle-and-terrifying/ |title=Faber obituary. Retrieved 23 June 2020. |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=24 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624141833/https://www.faber.co.uk/blog/celia-dale-1912-2011-quiet-clever-subtle-and-terrifying/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==Adaptations== |
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Dale's sixth novel, ''A Spring of Love'', was televised as a four-part drama, ''Love Story: Mr Right'', which aired on [[BBC One]] in 1983.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282699/. Retrieved 30 January 2023.]</ref> |
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Celia Dale died on 31 December 2011, at age 99.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=celia-ramsey&pid=155442808 |title=Obituary |work=The Times}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
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* ''The Least of These'' (1944) |
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* ''To Hold the Mirror'' (1946) |
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* ''The Dry Land'' (1952) |
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* ''The Wooden O'' (1953) |
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* ''Trial of Strength'' (1955) |
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* ''A Spring of Love'' (1960) |
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* ''Other People'' (1964) |
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* ''A Helping Hand'' (1966) |
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* ''Act of Love'' (1969) |
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* ''A Dark Corner'' (1971) |
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* ''The Innocent Party'' (1973) |
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* ''Helping with Enquiries'' (1979, aka ''The Deception'') |
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* ''Sheep's Clothing'' (1988) |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* {{OL author|OL949336A}} |
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[[Category:1912 births]] |
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[[Category:2011 deaths]] |
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[[Category:English crime fiction writers]] |
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[[Category:20th-century English novelists]] |
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Latest revision as of 09:02, 3 April 2024
Celia Dale (15 January 1912[1] – 31 December 2011), was an English author and book reviewer.
Family
[edit]Both Celia Dale's parents were actors – her father was the noted stage and television actor James Dale (1887–1985), her mother Marguerite Adamson.[2] She was a cousin of the novelist Sarah Harrison.[3] She was married to the journalist and critic Guy Ramsey, until his death in 1959.[4]
Work
[edit]Celia Dale's first novel, The Least Of These, was published in 1943 and she went on to write twelve more and a volume of short stories. Her later novels were psychological thrillers.[4] She won several awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Best Short Story of the Year award for Lines of Communication and A Personal Call and other stories in 1986.[5] She also worked as a secretary to the author Rumer Godden.[6] Four of her novels were reissued as Faber Finds in 2008.[7]
Adaptations
[edit]Dale's sixth novel, A Spring of Love, was televised as a four-part drama, Love Story: Mr Right, which aired on BBC One in 1983.[8]
Celia Dale died on 31 December 2011, at age 99.[9]
Bibliography
[edit]- The Least of These (1944)
- To Hold the Mirror (1946)
- The Dry Land (1952)
- The Wooden O (1953)
- Trial of Strength (1955)
- A Spring of Love (1960)
- Other People (1964)
- A Helping Hand (1966)
- Act of Love (1969)
- A Dark Corner (1971)
- The Innocent Party (1973)
- Helping with Enquiries (1979, aka The Deception)
- Sheep's Clothing (1988)
References
[edit]- ^ Contemporary Authors: First revision. Gale Research Company. 1969. p. 272.
- ^ IMDB. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Sarah Harrison's site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b Fantastic Fiction site. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Celia Dale". Faber & Faber. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Chisholm, Anne (1999). Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life. Pan Macmillan. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-330-36747-9. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Faber obituary. Retrieved 23 June 2020". Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Obituary". The Times.
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