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Marie Corelli, born Mary Mackay in London in 1855, was a British writer, poet, and novelist. She wrote in English and was also fluent in Italian. Her works include *Angel's wickedness*, *The murder of Delicia*, *Sātsanā rak*, *The soul of Lilith*, and *Thelma*. She published under the pseudonym Mary Corelli and produced a total of 276 works.
She died in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 24, 1924. Her archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. She is described in sources such as the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition. She was an English person and a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1855
- Died
- 1924
- Works
- 276
Top works
- Parusa ñg patay
- Angel's wickedness
- The murder of Delicia
- Sātsanā rak
- The soul of Lilith
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- Mary Mackay , ( 1855-05-01 ) 1 May 1855, London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Died
- 21 April 1924 (1924-04-21) (aged 68), Stratford-upon-Avon , England, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Nationality
- British
- Genre
- Gothic , Fantasy , Scientific romance
- Relatives
- Charles Mackay (father)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Father
- Charles Mackay
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Italian
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- Marie Corelli (The Harmsworth Encyclopaedia Vol. 3 1900 (132751437) (cropped)).jpg
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- Commons category
- Marie Corelli
- date of birth
- 1855-01-01
- date of death
- 1924-01-01
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- name in native language
- Mary Mackay
- ethnic group
- English people
- writing language
- English language
- Commons Creator page
- Marie Corelli
- pseudonym
- Mary Corelli
- short name
- Mary Corelli
- P12749
- Taizhou, Zhejiang
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Marie Corelli, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Mary Mackay (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924), also called Minnie Mackey and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli (/kəˈrɛli/, also UK: /kɒˈ-/, US: /kɔːˈ-, koʊˈ-/), was an English novelist.
From the appearance of her first novel A Romance of Two Worlds in 1886, she became a bestselling fiction-writer; her works were largely concerned with Christianity, reincarnation, astral projection and mysticism. Despite her many distinguished patrons, she was often ridiculed by critics. Corelli lived her later years in Stratford-upon-Avon, whose historic buildings she fought hard to preserve.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marie Corelli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.