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Rosamunde Pilcher
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22 September 1924 - 6 February 2019
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Rosamunda Pilcher is an English writer, master of the “women’s novel.” Rosamund comes from the family of a naval officer. After graduation, she studied in secretarial courses. In the late forties, Pilcher began writing novels for Mills & Boon. In 1955, she published her debut book, A Secret to Tell. Since 1965, she published her works under the pseudonym Rosamunda Pilcher, while her real name is Rosamunda Scott.
True success came to the writer only in 1987, when she released the family saga “Silk
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Rosamunda Pilcher is an English writer, master of the “women’s novel.”
Rosamund comes from the family of a naval officer. After graduation, she studied in secretarial courses. In the late forties, Pilcher began writing novels for Mills & Boon. In 1955, she published her debut book, A Secret to Tell. Since 1965, she published her works under the pseudonym Rosamunda Pilcher, while her real name is Rosamunda Scott.
True success came to the writer only in 1987, when she released the family saga “Silk Collectors”. In Russia, the book was published under the title “Family Heirloom”. Since then, Rosamund’s novels have been published in huge circulations – more than sixty million copies of her works have been sold in the world, which made Pilcher one of the most commercially successful contemporary authors.
In 2000, she published her next novel, Winter Sun, after which she decided to leave her literary career. On the books of the writer was filmed a huge number of fiction, mainly television films. In particular, she acted as a screenwriter of the film.
Seashell collectors” . In 1997, she was awarded the Bambi Award. In 2002, she was awarded the rank of officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Rosamund’s works are lyrical prose about suffering, friendship and love. Her novels are characterized by carefully crafted characters. The settings of the Pilcher books are usually small English and Scottish cities. At the same time, according to literary critics, in her most successful novels, the main principles are money, happy ending and happiness.
A characteristic feature of Rosamund’s love stories is the lack of description of intimate scenes, which she often replaced with an ellipsis. This was often a source of mockery of the writer by her children.