![]() ![]() Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. Western Daily Press – Saturday 10 September 1932 It’s interesting (and perhaps revealing) that she won awards for her writing in France, but not, so it would seem, in England.Īs Stella Gibbons probaby did not receive the wide recognition in the UK that her writing deserved, it’s an apt moment to reflect on the fact that she was a prize-winning author in other countries. This is a lovely volume of short stories by the author of the classic comic novel Cold Comfort Farm. The second story is a report on a French literary prize (for which she received £40) that she won in 1934 for ‘Cold Comfort Farm’. The first story is a glowing review of her most famous book, written shortly after the novel was published in 1932. ![]() So to celebrate Gibbons’ birthday, we’ve posted two newspaper stories from the early 1930s about her wonderful novel. Stella Gibbons, author of the brilliant comic novel, ‘Cold Comfort Farm’, was born in London on 5 January 1902. “There’s always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm!” / “There’s something nasty in the woodshed!” ![]()
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