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Catherine Storr, Baroness Balogh (born Catherine Cole; 21 July 1913 – 8 January 2001,) was an English children's writer, best known for her novel Marianne Dreams and for a series of books about a wolf ineptly pursuing a young girl, beginning with Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf.
Jan 6, 2001 · Author Catherine Storr was educated at St. Paul's Girls' School and went on to study English at Newnham College, Cambridge. She then went to medical school and worked part-time as a Senior Medical Officer in the Department of Psychological Medicine of the Middlesex Hospital from 1950 to 1963.
Jun 24, 2024 · Overview. Catherine Storr. (1913—2001) children's writer and psychiatrist. Quick Reference. (1913–2001), born in London, earned degrees in English and medicine, practised as a psychiatrist and psychologist from 1948 until 1962, and then devoted herself full-time to writing. Her treatment of ...
Catherine Storr has 147 books on Goodreads with 7513 ratings. Catherine Storr’s most popular book is Marianne Dreams (The Magic Drawing Pencil, #1).
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Oct 31, 2017 · A children’s writer known for unsettling stories that often made use of supernatural or Gothic elements, she also spoke and wrote about the importance of fear in children’s literature.
Catherine Storr. 4.15. 1,465 ratings154 reviews. Ill and bored with having to stay in bed, Marianne picks up a pencil and starts doodling - a house, a garden, a boy at the window. That night she has an extraordinary dream. She is transported into her own picture, and as she explores further she soon realises she is not alone.
Mar 1, 2001 · Catherine Storr. 1913-2001. Long before the modish terms bibliotherapy and feminism found their way into the critique of children’s literature, Catherine Storr, who died in January at the age of 87, introduced these elements quite naturally into her stories for young children and their older siblings.
Catherine Storr (1913-2001) was an English children's writer, best known for her novel Marianne Dreams and for the Clever Polly series. She was born in London, and attended St Paul's Girls' School, and went on to study English literature at Newnham College, Cambridge.
Storr, Catherine. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. (1913-2001) UK doctor and author, for many years a psychotherapist, after 1963 a prolific author of journalism, children's books – most famously Marianne Dreams ( 1958; vt The Magic Drawing Pencil 1960 ), in which physical and mental malaises are incarnated in a fantasy world ...
Catherine Storr (born Catherine Cole; 21 July 1913, London - 8 January 2001, London) was an English children's writer, best known for her novel Marianne Dreams….
