Kaye, M.M.

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Name
Kaye, M.M. Gender: F
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
Collector: Fisher
Astrology data s_su.18.svg s_leocol.18.svg 28°15' s_mo.18.svg s_cancol.18.svg 01°27 Asc.s_gemcol.18.svg 07°09'



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. She died on January 29, 2004 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

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

Source Notes

David Fisher quotes Kaye's autobiography.

Categories

  • Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One long term marriage)
  • Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One daughter)
  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
  • Personal : Misc. : Changed name (Pseudonyms, Mollie Hamilton and Mollie Kaye)
  • Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Secondary)
  • Vocation : Writers : Children's literature
  • Vocation : Writers : Detective/ Mystery
  • Vocation : Writers : Fiction
  • Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women