Rosemary Sutcliff’s children’s book re-telling of the saga of Beowulf enthused and inspired children in this Caribbean school , on the other side of the Atlantic (from me!) – wonderful work. And then again last year – here. (When I first posted this, I placed the islands in the Pacific – ap0logies to everyone).
Category: Influence and Inspiration
Posts at rosemarysutcliff.com about about people — especially authors — who were and are inspired and/or influenced by eminent writer Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff influenced and inspired … Australian writer Keith Taylor
One of the pleasures, I discover, of actively nurturing this blog is that people have begun sending me their experiences with the books of Rosemary Sutcliff. Keith Taylor is an Australian writer who “loves good historical fiction” and found Rosemary Sutcliff a “powerful inspiration”, along with Mary Renault and Cecilia Holland. But he “didn’t discover them until later; Rosemary Sutcliff came first, when I was still in high school”.Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff influenced and inspired … Reading University lecturer Matthew Nicholls
Reading Sutcliff’s famous historical novel The Eagle of the Ninth helped enthuse University of Reading lecturer Matthew Nicholls as a child about Roman history. His article in The Guardian Notes and Queries led me to ask what it was about the famous novel which he found so ‘wonderful’
… I can remember reading The Eagle of the Ninth when I was about 7 or 8; at that age I was starting Latin at School and showing an interest in Romans, so my parents took me off to Wall near Lichfield where we lived and must have bought me the book too. It made a great impression, Read More »
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban review of Rosemary Sutcliff’s ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’
On her weblog Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban – who wrote Two Moon Princess – reviews her “favorite books, those books that touched me while I read them and that stayed with me long after they ended … (as) … a small way of paying homage to their authors and … (to) … introduce them to new readers.” Most of the books she reviews are ” are aimed at young adult … (but) … even if your driving license says your teen years are past, don’t be afraid, and dare to read them. Your courage will be rewarded.” Here she writes about Eagle of the Ninth.
Rosemary Sutcliff Influenced and Inspired: Karen Cushman
I am starting to collect references by writers to the influence Rosemary Sutcliff had on them, or at least to the fact that they read her. All references very welcome, please! Thus Karen Cushman read young adult historical novels by such authors as Rosemary Sutcliffe (sic; it should be Rosemary Sutcliff) and Patricia Mac-Lachlan, admiring their “simple and polished prose.” (Source: Publishers Weekly vol 24 (4 July) 1994). Her 1995 novel The Midwife’s Apprentice won the Newbery Medal for children’s literature
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 