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Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been translated into ninety languages.
Sep 14, 2022 · Long before the era of Harry Potter, Enid Blyton was a phenomenon – a worldwide best-selling author since the 1930s, with more than 600 million copies in circulation and over 800 titles...
Jun 11, 2024 · Enid Blyton was a prolific and highly popular British author of stories, poems, plays, and educational books for children. Blyton, the daughter of a businessman, abandoned her early studies in music to train as a schoolteacher at the Ipswich High School (1916–18). Her first publication was a poem.
The Enid Blyton Society was formed in early 1995 and its aim is to provide a focal point for collectors and enthusiasts of Enid Blyton through its magazine, The Enid Blyton Society Journal, its annual Enid Blyton Day, and its website.
Oct 24, 2023 · Enid Blyton (August 11, 1897 – November 28, 1968) was a prolific British writer of children’s stories. Her most famous books include The Famous Five and Secret Seven series, The Faraway Tree, and the Noddy books. It is estimated that she wrote some seven hundred books, along with hundreds of short stories, magazine articles, and poems.
Nov 4, 2012 · Enid Mary Blyton was born in 1897 and from a young age loved telling stories to her younger brothers, Hanly and Carey. She qualified as a teacher in 1918, and in 1921 won a writing competition and after her writing was accepted in major children’s magazines.
The Famous Five are among Enid Blyton's best-loved creations and countless children have gone adventuring with them since the publication of Five on a Treasure Island in 1942, the first of twenty-one full-length adventures and numerous short stories.
Enid Mary Blyton (1897 - 1968) was an English author of children's books. Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading.
Despite the gender stereotyping and the matter-of-fact racism in her work, Enid Blyton's books were immensely popular with many generations of Indian children
Nov 27, 2018 · Enid Blyton 50 years on: Let’s be more critical about books venerated in the past. In 2008, Blyton was voted Britain’s best-loved author. But we should remember that sexism, racism, snobbery...
