This is a list of writers in English and Cornish, who are associated with Cornwall and Cornish linguists (Cornish: Rol a skriforyon Kernewek). Not all of them are native Cornish people.
Some Cornish writers have reached a high level of prominence, e.g. William Golding, who won the Nobel Prize for literature (in 1983), D. M. Thomas who won the Cheltenham Prize for Literature and Arthur Quiller-Couch ("Q").
Some of the "incomers" have written extensively about Cornwall and the Cornish, e.g. Daphne du Maurier, who went as far as joining Mebyon Kernow.
Historians and scholars[edit]
See List of Cornish historians
Novelists[edit]
- Denys Val Baker, novelist and writer
- A. P. Bateman, thriller writer and bestselling author[4][citation needed]
- Wilfred Bennetto, writer of the first full-length novel in Cornish
- Janie Bolitho, crime writer[5]
- W. J. Burley, Wycliffe series
- Jack Clemo, poet
- Myrna Combellack, novelist and scholar
- Michael J Darracott, writer, lived in Newlyn [6]
- Daphne du Maurier[7]
- Martin Fido. crime writer
- Patrick Gale
- Robert Goddard
- William Golding, Nobel laureate[8]
- Winston Graham, Poldark series[9]
- Tim Heald[10]
- Joseph Hocking, author and preacher
- Silas Hocking, author and preacher[11]
- Ann Kelley
- Alan M. Kent, poet, novelist and scholar
- John le Carré[12]
- Charles Lee, (1870–1956)[13]
- Katharine Lee (Kitty Lee Jenner, 1854–1936)
- Herman Cyril McNeile, "Sapper", novelist
- Jessica Mann, crime writer[14]
- Charlotte Mary Matheson, novelist
- Wyl Menmuir, novelist[15]
- Gertrude Parsons, Roman Catholic novelist
- Mark Guy Pearse, author and preacher
- Susan Penhaligon
- Rosamunde Pilcher
- Arthur Quiller-Couch, aka "Q", novelist and scholar
- Alastair Reynolds, lived in Cornwall as child
- Jean Rhys, novelist, lived at Bude for a period
- Angie Sage, author and illustrator[16]
- Howard Spring
- Sharon Tregenza
- Derek Tangye
- Nigel Tangye
- D. M. Thomas
- E. V. Thompson
- Enys Tregarthen, writer and folklorist
- John Coulson Tregarthen, novelist and naturalist
- Craig Weatherhill, archaeologist, Cornish historian, writer
- Mary Wesley
- Colin Wilson
Poets[edit]
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Playwrights and dramatists[edit]
- Nick Darke, playwright[20]
- Daphne du Maurier, novelist and playwright
- Samuel Foote, playwright and actor
- William Golding
- William Killigrew, playwright
- Charles Lee
- Donald Rawe
- D. M. Thomas
Children's writers[edit]
- Nick Carter[21]
- Ann Kelley
- Jack Trelawny[22]
- Sharon Tregenza[23]
Linguists and writers in Cornish[edit]
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Bards of the Gorseth Kernow[edit]
This is an honorary position, not all of the bards are Cornish or based in Cornwall. For purposes of brevity, those mentioned above are not repeated.
References[edit]
- ^ Fox, Caroline (1883). Horace N. Pym (ed.). Memories of Old Friends. London: Smith, Elder, and Co. – Frontispiece, from an etching by Sir Hubert Herkomer, after a painting by Samuel Laurence, depicting Caroline Fox, age 27. Volume 1 available online at Internet Archive and Volume 2 at Internet Archive
- ^ Robinson, William (1891). Friends of a Half Century. London: Edward Hicks. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-524-04124-6. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
caroline fox.
– page 138 - ^ Memories . . .
- ^ "A P Bateman author thrillers kindle bestseller novels mysteries spy". A P Bateman - Author.
- ^ "Janie Bolitho". Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ "Proper Cornish Childhood".
- ^ Margaret Forster, 'Du Maurier, Dame Daphne (1907–1989)’, rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 20 December 2008
- ^ Kevin McCarron, 'Golding, Sir William Gerald (1911–1993)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 20 December 2008
- ^ Dennis Barker, 'Graham, Winston Mawdsley (1908?–2003)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, January 2007 accessed 20 December 2008
- ^ Heald, Tim (12 March 2008). "Curriculum Vitae". Tim Heald's website. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
- ^ R. G. Burnett, 'Hocking, Silas Kitto (1850–1935)’, rev. Sayoni Basu, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 16 December 2008
- ^ Podolsky, J. D.; Wright, John (13 September 1993). "John Le Carre". People. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
- ^ "Charles Lee, author". Cornwall Calling. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Jessica Mann". Archived from the original on 4 November 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ Johnson, Helen (3 August 2016). "Stockport-born author is in the running to win the Man Booker Prize 2016". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "An Interview with Angie Sage". BookBrowse. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ a b "The Old Croydonians Association". www.theoldcroydonians.org.uk.
- ^ Michael Millgate, 'Hardy, Thomas (1840–1928)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 16 December 2008
- ^ "Ordinary People". BBC.
- ^ Michell, Roger (15 June 2005). "Obituary: Nick Darke". The Observer. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Walter and Wilbur". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Kernowland - Home". Archived from the original on 18 January 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Sharon Tregenza award winning children's author". Sharon Tregenza.
- ^ Matthew Spriggs, 'Boson family (per. c.1675–1730)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008 accessed 16 December 2008
- ^ S. Mendyk, 'Carew, Richard (1555–1620)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 December 2008
- ^ Sale, Jonathan (31 July 2005). "How do you say 'bugger off' in Cornish?". The Observer. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Piw on ni? Who are we?". Kesva an Taves Kernewek and Cornish. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Karol Nadelik". Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
- ^ "Briallen ha'n Alyon". Ors Sempel.
- ^ Peter W. Thomas, 'Jenner, Henry (1848–1934)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, May 2005 accessed 16 December 2008
- ^ Brian Murdoch, 'Nance, Robert Morton (1873–1959)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 December 2008
- ^ Matthew Spriggs, 'Scawen, William (1600–1689)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 December 2008
- ^ "The Tregear Homilies". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
Further reading[edit]
- William Henry Kearley Wright, West-country Poets: their lives and works (1896)
