Godden, Rumer
Godden, Rumer ( 1907 – 98 ),novelist and children's writer, born in Sussex. She spent her childhood in India, coming to England for her education, and later returning to open a dance school in Calcutta. Her novels include Black Narcissus ( 1939 ), about life in a convent in the Himalayas, which was made into a successful film ( Michael Powell , 1946 ); The River ( 1946 ), set in India; and The Greengage Summer ( 1958 , filmed 1961 ), about children discovering the sexual intensity of the adult world. Her children's books include The Diddakoi ( 1972 ), Thursday's Children ( 1984 ), and Great Grandfather's House ( 1992 ). She also wrote autobiographical works, including Two under the Indian Sun ( 1966 ), co-written with her novelist sister Jon Godden .
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