Kaye, M.M.

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M.M. Kaye
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Name	Kaye, M.M. Gender: F
Birthname	Kaye, Mary Margaret
born on	21 August 1908 at 23:49 (= 11:49 PM )
Place	Simla, India, 31n06, 77e10
Timezone	IST h5e30 (is standard time)
Data source	Bio/autobiography Rodden Rating B
Astrology data	28°15' 01°27 Asc. 07°09'

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Biography

East Indian writer and painter, made successful career of writing children's books, historical novels and mysteries. Born in India and educated in England, she returned to India to marry an army officer, Godfrey John Hamilton and they had one daughter. She worked for 14 years on her best selling novel, "Far Pavilions," a story of life in colonial India that was published in 1979. Her great affection and understanding of India made the book comparable to Gone With the Wind for historical sweep and color.

Kaye wrote under various pseudonyms, as Mollie Hamilton, and for her children's books, as Mollie Kaye.

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Events

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1979 (Noted book, "Far Pavilions")

Source Notes

David Fisher quotes Kaye's autobiography.

Categories

• Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women

• Vocation : Writers : Fiction

• Vocation : Writers : Detective/ Mystery

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One long term marriage)

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One daughter)

• Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Secondary)

• Personal : Misc. : Changed name (Pseudonyms, Mollie Hamilton and Mollie Kaye)

• Vocation : Writers : Children's literature