Elizabeth Goudge
(1900-1984)

woman and writer

Died aged c. 84

Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge FRSL (24 April 1900 – 1 April 1984) was an English writer of fiction and children's books. She won the Carnegie Medal for British children's books in 1946 for The Little White Horse. Goudge was long a popular author in the UK and the US and regained attention decades later. In 1993 her book The Rosemary Tree was plagiarised by Indrani Aikath-Gyaltsen; the "new" novel set in India was warmly reviewed in The New York Times and The Washington Post before its source was discovered. In 2001 or 2002 J. K. Rowling identified The Little White Horse as one of her favourite books and one of few with a direct influence on the Harry Potter series.

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Elizabeth Goudge 1900-1984 writer lived here 1952-1984

Rose Cottage, Dog Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom where they lived

The Rib The novelist Elizabeth Goudge lived here 1903-11

St Andrews Street, Wells, United Kingdom where they was