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List of Cornish writers

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Henry Jenner
Kitty Lee Jenner
Caroline Fox[1][2][3]

This is a list of writers in English and Cornish, who are associated with Cornwall and Cornish linguists (Cornish: Rol a skriforyon Kernewek). Not all of them are native Cornish people.

Some Cornish writers have reached a high level of prominence, e.g. William Golding, who won the Nobel Prize for literature (in 1983), D. M. Thomas who won the Cheltenham Prize for Literature and Arthur Quiller-Couch ("Q").

Some of the "incomers" have written extensively about Cornwall and the Cornish, e.g. Daphne du Maurier, who went as far as joining Mebyon Kernow.

Historians and scholars

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See List of Cornish historians

Novelists

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Daphne du Maurier
Arthur Quiller-Couch

Poets

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Playwrights and dramatists

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Children's writers

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Linguists and writers in Cornish

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Henry Jenner

Bards of the Gorseth Kernow

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This is an honorary position, not all of the bards are Cornish or based in Cornwall. For purposes of brevity, those mentioned above are not repeated.

References

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  2. ^ Robinson, William (1891). Friends of a Half Century. London: Edward Hicks. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-524-04124-6. Retrieved 9 December 2007. caroline fox. – page 138
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  8. ^ Kevin McCarron, 'Golding, Sir William Gerald (1911–1993)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 20 December 2008
  9. ^ Dennis Barker, 'Graham, Winston Mawdsley (1908?–2003)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, January 2007 accessed 20 December 2008
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  14. ^ "Jessica Mann". Archived from the original on 4 November 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
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  21. ^ Michell, Roger (15 June 2005). "Obituary: Nick Darke". The Observer. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  22. ^ "Walter and Wilbur". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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  24. ^ "Sharon Tregenza award winning children's author". Sharon Tregenza.
  25. ^ Matthew Spriggs, 'Boson family (per. c.1675–1730)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008 accessed 16 December 2008
  26. ^ S. Mendyk, 'Carew, Richard (1555–1620)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 December 2008
  27. ^ Sale, Jonathan (31 July 2005). "How do you say 'bugger off' in Cornish?". The Observer. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  28. ^ "Piw on ni? Who are we?". Kesva an Taves Kernewek and Cornish. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  29. ^ "Karol Nadelik". Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek.
  30. ^ "Briallen ha'n Alyon". Ors Sempel.
  31. ^ Peter W. Thomas, 'Jenner, Henry (1848–1934)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, May 2005 accessed 16 December 2008
  32. ^ Brian Murdoch, 'Nance, Robert Morton (1873–1959)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 December 2008
  33. ^ Matthew Spriggs, 'Scawen, William (1600–1689)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 December 2008
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Further reading

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  • William Henry Kearley Wright, West-country Poets: their lives and works (1896)
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