KENNETH GRAHAME
English author (1859-1932)
Biography:
Kenneth Grahame was born in Edimburgh in 1859. But when his mother died of scarlet fever, all her children were sent to live with their maternal grandmother in the village of Cookham Dene, the chief setting of The Wind in the Willows.
He earned a living as a banker, yet he wrote articles for such newspapers as St. James gazette or National Observer. In 1895, a collection of his works was published under the title of The Golden Age. In 1898 Dream Days appeared as a collection of short-stories, among which "The Relucatant Dragon" was found.
The Wind in the Willows (1908), which established Grahame's international reputation as a writer of children's books and has deeply influenced fantasy literature, is his best-known book. In it, a group of four human-like animals, Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad, undergo a series of adventures in the English countryside.
Kenneth Grahame, author of illustrated works:
The Wind in the Willows, illustrated by Thea Kliros, Dover Children's Thrift Classics, 1997.
The Wind in the Willows, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1908.
The Wind in the Willows, illustrated by Graham Percy, Raincoat Books.
The Wind in the Willows, illustrated by E.H.Shepard, Methuen Children's Books, 1998.
The Wind in the Willow, illustrated by Robert J. Lee, Dell, 1969.
The Wind in the Willows, illustrated by Robin Lawrie, Puffin Books, 1994
The Wind in the Willows, illustrated by Michael Hague, New York, Holt, 1980.