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The Hidden Assassinsby: Robert Wilson |
Dorothy SayersDorothy Sayers - a well-known name to every mystery aficiando. Another Grande Dame of mystery writing, yet with a totally different approach from Agatha Christie, this erudite English woman was born as the sole daughter of the Reverend Henry Sayers at Oxford on June 13th, 1893.Dorothy Sayers was brought up at Bluntisham Rectory in Canbridgeshire, and secured a scholarship to Somerville College in Oxford where she studied modern lanuages. Graduating in 1915, Dorothy Sayers took a position with Blackwell's, an Oxford publisher, working with her friend Eric Whelpton at L'Ecole des Roches in Normandy. Leaving that position, she then worked as a copywriter from 1922 until 1931 with Bensons, a London advertising firm. in 1926 Dorothy Sayers married Arthur Fleming. Accomodating her mother after her father's death in 1928, she bought a cottage at Witham, Essex. When her mother also died later, she bought the house next door and had them joined together, then moved in herself. There Dorothy Sayers stayed and wrote until her own death in 1957. Ms. Sayers was fascinated by the stage, and wrote a number of plays, including 'The Man Born to be King' which was produced on BBC. Dorothy Sayers wrote 14 Peter Wimsey novels, of which 'Gaudy Night' was the last. However, Ms. Sayer's writing stretched far beyond mystery fiction. Dorothy Sayers translated works in French and Old Italian as well as composing a good many letters, essays, short stories and articles - most containing her marvelous knowledge and humor. There's no doubt that Dorothy Sayers enjoyed a good fight (she usually won) and that her religious views were solidly and traditionally Anglican - probably thanks to her father's influence. She was in great demand as a lecturer. Ms. Sayers was never an individual to compromise - especially where her abilties and art were concerned. No literature awards or prizes were given out to women in her day, if even such awards yet existed. If they were, she would have won them all. Murder Mystery ReviewsBooks by this author we have reviewed: |
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