Marjorie
Boulton
a
brief biography
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Marjorie Boulton
was born in 1924, and was educated i.a at Oxford where she received a doctorate
in literary studies. She was for many years the director of a teachers college,
but is now a professional writer, whose series of introductory texts in English
on literaray studies has been widely used. In 1949 she learned Esperanto and
made her debut in the Esperanto literary domain through the Belartaj Konkursoj
(Fine Arts Competitions). Marjorie Boulton is currently a member of the Esperanto
Academy, an advisory body on language questions.
Her first collection of poems Kontralte (In Contralto), was published by Stafeto in 1955. Further poetry collections followed: Kvarpieda kamarado (Four-footed friend), Cent ĝojkantoj (One hundred songs of joy), and Eroj (Bits and pieces), in 1956, 1957, and 1959 respectively.
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Marjorie Boulton
is one of the comparatively few authors to have ventured into the domain of
drama.
Virino ĉe la landlimo (Woman at the frontier) - a collection
of short plays and stories, appeared in 1959.
In 1960 (and again in 1980), Keegan Paul published Boulton's English language biography Zamenhof, Creator of Esperanto, the Esperanto editon of which appeared in 1962. Two short story collections have apeared in book form: Dek du piedetoj (Twelve little feet) and Okuloj (Eyes), in 1964 and 1967 respectively. In collaboration with William Auld, she produced Rimleteroj (Rhyming letters), which was published in 1964.
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In 1983 her study
of the work of Gyulya Baghy -
Poeto Fajrakora, was published, and in
the following year
Faktoj kaj Fantazioj (Facts and Fantasies) - an intermediate
reader drawing on folktales from around the globe.
The writing of Marjorie Boulton is mature, socially engaged and infused with warmth, sincerity and a profound humanism. A knack for finding the appropriate word or form of expression is evident throughout. Her work is multi-faceted. She displays a keen sense of humour and at the same time is not afraid to reveal her own private passions and torments.
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