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Susan Hill CBE (born 5 February 1942) is an English author of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include ''The Woman in Black'', ''The Mist in the Mirror'' and ''I'm the King of the Castle'' for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to literature.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CBE )〕 ==Early life and education== Hill was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Her home town was later referred to in her novel ''A Change for the Better'' (1969) and in some short stories like ''Cockles and Mussels''. She attended Scarborough Convent School, where she became interested in theatre and literature. Her family left Scarborough in 1958 and moved to Coventry where her father worked in car and aircraft factories. Hill states that she attended a girls’ grammar school, Barr's Hill. Her fellow pupils included Jennifer Page, the first Chief Executive of the Millennium Dome. At Barrs Hill, she took A levels in English, French, History, and Latin, proceeding to an English degree at King's College London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography (part 2) )〕 By this time, she had already written her first novel, ''The Enclosure'', which was published by Hutchinson in her first year at the university. The novel was criticised by ''The Daily Mail'' for its sexual content, with the suggestion that writing in this style was unsuitable for a "schoolgirl". Her next novel ''Gentleman and Ladies'' was published in 1968. This was followed in quick succession by ''A Change for the Better'', ''I'm the King of the Castle'', ''The Albatross and other stories'', ''Strange Meeting'', ''The Bird of Night'', ''A Bit of Singing and Dancing'' and ''In the Springtime of the Year'', all written and published between 1968 and 1974. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Susan Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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