P. L. Travers
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P. L. Travers was an Australian-British writer, actress, and journalist who lived from 1899 to 1996. She is remembered as a significant literary figure whose work spanned multiple creative fields during the 20th century.
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- 1899-08-09
- Died
- 1996-04-23
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Writing · Maryborough, Queensland
Pamela Lyndon Travers OBE (/ˈtrævərs/; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-English writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the Mary Poppins series of children's books, which feature the magical nanny Mary Poppins. Description above from the Wikipedia article P.L. Travers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on…
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- Mary Poppins: From Page to Stage — Self (archive footage)2009
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Pamela Lyndon Travers OBE (/ˈtrævərz/ TRAV-ərz; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-British writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the Mary Poppins series of books, which feature the eponymous magical nanny.
Goff was born in Maryborough, Queensland, and grew up in the Australian bush before being sent to boarding school in Sydney. Her writing was first published when she was a teenager, and she also worked briefly as a professional Shakespearean actress. Upon immigrating to England at the age of 24, she took the name "Pamela Lyndon Travers" and adopted the pen name P. L. Travers in 1933 while writing the first of eight Mary Poppins books.
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1899 births1996 deaths20th-century Australian novelists20th-century Australian women poets20th-century English novelists20th-century English women novelistsAustralian emigrants to the United KingdomAustralian fantasy writersAustralian Officers of the Order of the British EmpireAustralian people of Irish descentAustralian stage actressesAustralian women children's writers