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'''Mary Renault''' (1905-1983) is a historical and queer novelist. She was partnered with Julie Mullard, a nurse. | '''Mary Renault''' (pronounce by her as "Rehn-olt") (1905-1983) is a historical and queer novelist. She was partnered with Julie Mullard, a nurse. She is perhaps best known for two novels about the mythological character Theseus, ''The King Must Die'' and ''The Bull from the Sea''. Although about a mythological character, Renault told the stories in a generally realistic mode, stripping them of most (but not all) of their more fantastic elements. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:01, 8 December 2010
Mary Renault (pronounce by her as "Rehn-olt") (1905-1983) is a historical and queer novelist. She was partnered with Julie Mullard, a nurse. She is perhaps best known for two novels about the mythological character Theseus, The King Must Die and The Bull from the Sea. Although about a mythological character, Renault told the stories in a generally realistic mode, stripping them of most (but not all) of their more fantastic elements.
Names
- Eileen Mary Challans (birth name)
Notable works
- The Friendly Young Ladies (1943; realist, lesbian)
- The Charioteer (1953; contemporary, gay men)
- The Last of the Wine (1956; first historical; gay men)
- Theseus books: The King Must Die (1958) and The Bull from the Sea (1962)
Further reading
- Wikipedia
- Davis Sweetman, Mary Renault: A Biography (1994)
- Caroline Zilboorg, The Masks of Mary Renault: A Literary Biography (2001)
See also
- Black Sash - South African organization founded in 1955; white women's organization for resistance to apartheid