Lloyd Osbourne

Samuel Lloyd Osbourne ( born April 7, 1868 in San Francisco, California, † May 22, 1947 in Glendale, California ) was an American author and the stepson of Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. For Lloyd Stevenson wrote his famous adventure novel Treasure Island, which is dedicated to him.

Life

Osbourne's parents were Samuel and Fanny Osbourne, born Vandegrift ( 1840-1914 ). After her divorce, Fanny married in 1880 when Lloyd was twelve years old, Robert Louis Stevenson. A little later painted Lloyd and Robert Louis a map of a fictional island, the Treasure Island became the inspiration for Stevenson's famous novel of adventure.

Osbourne studied engineering at the University of Edinburgh. With Stevenson and his mother, he later moved to Samoa, where he was appointed vice-consul of the United States of America 1897. Osbourne co-wrote three books with his stepfather and also contributed to the success of other works.

Osbourne married on April 9, 1896 Katherine Durham in Honolulu and divorced in 1914. Their children were Alan ( * 1897) and Louis (* 1900). In 1916, she married again under the condition of no further children, were but later divorced again.

From 1921 to 1923 he edited the 26 -volume edition of the works of Stevenson's Vailima and provided the first volume with a preface.

The year 1936 he spent with the younger to 40 years Yvonne Payerne in southern France. The 68 -year-old Osbourne was again father with their son, Samuel (* 1936 in Nice, † 2006 in Los Angeles ). He returned in 1941 alone in the U.S., when they entered into the Second World War. Yvonne and Samuel arrived on May 22, 1947 in New York, on the very day when Osbourne died in Glendale.

Joint work with Robert Louis Stevenson

  • The Wrong Box ( 1892); dt The wrong box ( Hanser 1969)
  • The Wrecker (1892 ); The German Ausschlachter ( dtv 1994)
  • The Ebb Tide ( 1894); German tide ( Haffmans 1998)

Own works

  • Love, The Fiddler
  • The Motor Maniacs
  • The Queen Versus Billy and other stories (South Seas )
  • Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas
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