LEON GARFIELD
English author (1921-1996)
Biography:
Léon Garfield was born in Brighton. His books are considered to keep Dicken's style and tradition. Jack Holborn, Garfield’s first novel, was a tale of pirates and adventure on the high seas and generated comparisons with R.L. Stevenson, although Garfield is such a mature and well-known writer that any general comparison would be too simple. He was been awarded several times and some of his works have been adapted into films or TV series.
Leon garfield, author of illustrated works:
Jack Holborn, Constable, 1964.
Child of War, Collins, 1972.
Empty Sleeve, Vicking Kestrel, 1988.
"Laughter in the dark", included in Walker Book of Ghost Stories, edited by Susan Hill), Walker, 1990.
The Sacred Maid, illustrated by John O'Brien, Simon & Schuster, 1991.
Smith, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000. The story of a little thief who is threatened by a band of murderers.
Black Jack, Nathan, 1981.
L'Étrange affaire d'Adélaïde Harris, illustrated by Amato Soro, Nathan, 1983.
Le Fantôme de l'apothicaire, Gallimard, 1987.
Le coeur sur la main, illustrated by Morgan, Nathan, 1987.
La Rose de décembre, illustrated by Rozier-Gaudriault, Gallimard, 1990.
La montre en or, illustrated by Jame's Prunier, Gallimard, 1992.
Le printemps des dieux, illustrated by Rémi Chayé, Gallimard, 1993.
Shakespeare Stories (Romeo and Juliette, Hamlet, The Tempest...), narrated by Léon Garfield, illustrated by Michael Foreman, Boston :Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
Le temps des héros, illustrated by Philippe Mignon, Gallimard, 1994.
A l'enseigne du diable, illustrated by William Geldart, Gallimard, 1994.
La montre en or, illustrated by Jame's Prunier, Gallimard, 1999.