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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> |
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Revision as of 20:54, 23 June 2020
Celia Dale (1912 – 31 December 2011), was an English author and book reviewer.
Parentage
Both Celia Dale's parents were actors – her father was the noted stage and television actor James Dale (1887–1985), her mother Marguerite Adamson.[1] She was a cousin of the novelist Sarah Harrison.[2]
Work
Celia Dale's first novel, The Least Of These, was published in 1943 and she went on to write ten more. 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.[3] She also worked as a secretary to the author Rumer Godden.[4]
Celia Dale died on 31 December 2011.[5]
References
- ^ IMDB. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Sarah Harrison's 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.
- ^ "Obituary". The Times.
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