Mary Renault

Mary Renault (actually Eileen Mary Challans, born September 4, 1905 in London, † December 13, 1983 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a British writer.

Life

She studied at Oxford and wrote next to historical novels and historical fiction books, such as a biography of Alexander the Great.

Mary Renault was a lesbian. In 1948 she emigrated to South Africa where she besides their literary work heavily engaged in the fight against apartheid and in the South African section of PEN cooperated.

Works (selection)

  • Child Are Her Answers. 1940 Adventurous Christie. Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1966
  • The night is on us. Scherz Verlag, Bern 1947
  • Alexia and lysis. Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich / Stuttgart 1961
  • The bishop and his hero. Marion von Schröder, Dusseldorf, 1985, ISBN 3-547-77727-5
  • The king must die. Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1959
  • The Bull from the Sea. Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich / Stuttgart 1963
  • The bull from the sea. Marion von Schröder, Dusseldorf 1983, ISBN 3-547-77726-7
  • The Lion of Sparta. Claudius Verlag, Munich 1966
  • Leonidas and his three hundred. Goldmann, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-442-20049-0
  • The Mask of Apollo. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1978, ISBN 3-499-14247-3
  • Fire from Olympus. Wegner Verlag, Hamburg 1970, ISBN 3-8032-0128-4
  • To conquer an empire. Zsolnay, Vienna / Hamburg 1974, ISBN 3-552-02629-0
  • Alexander. Brockhaus, Wiesbaden 1978, ISBN 3-7653-0292-9
  • Alexander the Great. Bastion Luebbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1980
  • Deadly dance. Marion von Schröder, Dusseldorf, 1986, ISBN 3-547-77728-3
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