Naomi Mitchison (née Haldane, 1897–1999) was born #OTD, 1 Nov, & saw almost every day of the #20thcentury. A hugely influential writer, with 80+ books—poetry, politics, historical novels, #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, #ChildrensLiterature & more—to her credit

A 🎂🧵

“She liked to challenge, she liked to shock, she liked to deliver the unexpected, she liked to experiment”

—Jenni Calder looks at Mitchison’s life & work

@litstudies
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https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/09/25/naomi-mitchison/

#Scottish #literature #womenwriters

“In the year C.S. Lewis published THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE, 1950, Naomi Mitchison published a very different fantasy novel for children”

—Prof Rob Maslen on how Naomi Mitchison’s THE BIG HOUSE mixes folklore, class war, global conflicts, & the supernatural

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https://thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/naomi-mitchison-the-big-house-1950/

#Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #Kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #fantasy

CROSSROADS & COINS

“Where might I have gone if, instead of a middle-aged Hobbit enamored of his pantry, I had embraced a girl who lost three homes before choosing the open road?”

—Amal El-Mohtar on discovering Naomi Mitchison’s strange children’s fantasy TRAVEL LIGHT, for @NPR

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https://www.npr.org/2014/01/01/258384937/crossroads-and-coins-naomi-mitchisons-travel-light

#Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #fantasy

CROSSROADS & COINS

“Where might I have gone if, instead of a middle-aged Hobbit enamored of his pantry, I had embraced a girl who lost three homes before choosing the open road?”

—Amal El-Mohtar on discovering Naomi Mitchison’s strange children’s fantasy TRAVEL LIGHT, for @NPR

8/9

https://www.npr.org/2014/01/01/258384937/crossroads-and-coins-naomi-mitchisons-travel-light

#Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #fantasy

“In the year C.S. Lewis published THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE, 1950, Naomi Mitchison published a very different fantasy novel for children”

—Prof Rob Maslen on how Naomi Mitchison’s THE BIG HOUSE mixes folklore, class war, global conflicts, & the supernatural

7/9

https://thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/naomi-mitchison-the-big-house-1950/

#Scottish #literature #womenwriters #20thcentury #Kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #fantasy

Naomi Mitchison (née Haldane, 1897–1999) was born #OTD, 1 Nov, & saw almost every day of the #20thcentury. A hugely influential writer, with 80+ books—poetry, politics, historical novels, #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, #ChildrensLiterature & more—to her credit

A 🎂🧵

“She liked to challenge, she liked to shock, she liked to deliver the unexpected, she liked to experiment”

—Jenni Calder looks at Mitchison’s life & work

@litstudies
1/9

https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/09/25/naomi-mitchison/

#Scottish #literature #womenwriters