Antonia Barber
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Antonia Barber (real name Barbara Anthony; 10 December 1932 - 4 April 2019), was an English author of books for children and adults.[1] Barber resided in Kent and Mousehole, Cornwall. Her award winning book The Mousehole Cat has been made into an animated film[2] and is being adapted as a stage musical. She graduated from University College London, and had a husband who was a structural engineer. She is the younger sister of fellow author Pamela Oldfield.[3]
Selected works
- The Affair of the Rockerbye Baby (1966)
- The Ghosts (1969) (filmed as The Amazing Mr Blunden, 1972)
- The Ring in the Rough Stuff (1983)
- The Enchanter's Daughter (1987)
- Satchelmouse and the Doll's House (1987)
- The Mousehole Cat (1990)
- Catkin (1994)
- Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe
- Dancing Shoes
- Dancing Shoes, Dance to the Rescue
Awards and recognition
The Ghosts (1969)
- Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
The Ring in the Rough Stuff (1983)
- Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
The Mousehole Cat (1990)
- Nestle Smarties Book Prize children's choice[clarification needed]
- British Book Award[clarification needed]
Three illustrators have earned some recognition by the British Library Association for their collaborations with Barber.[4]
- Errol Le Cain, The Enchanter's Daughter, a commended runner up for the 1987 Greenaway Medal
- Nicola Bayley, The Mousehole Cat, a commended runner up for the 1990 Greenaway
- P. J. Lynch, Catkin, on the shortlist for the 1994 Greenaway
The Kate Greenaway Medal recognises the year's best children's book illustration (in that time, by a British subject).
References
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- ↑ Pamela Oldfield obituary
- ↑ "Kate Greenaway Medal" Archived 16 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. 2005(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
External links
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- 1932 births
- 2019 deaths
- Alumni of University College London
- Writers from Cornwall
- English children's writers
- English women writers
- British children's writer stubs