Living as we do in an age of noise and bluster, success is now measured accordingly. We must all be seen, and heard, and on the air.
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| Birth: | 13th May, 1907 |
| Death: | 19th April, 1989 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Novelist, Playwriter |
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Daphne du Maurier was born in London, England. She was a British novelist and playwright. Many of her works have been adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, and the short stories The Birds and Don't Look Now. Her first novel, The Loving Spirit, was published in 1931. In the U.S. she won the National Book Award for favourite novel of 1938, voted by members of the American Booksellers Association. Daphne du Maurier wrote three plays. Her first was a successful adaptation of her novel Rebecca, which opened at the Queen's Theatre in London on 5 March 1940. Better known is her third play, September Tide, about a middle-aged woman whose bohemian artist son-in-law falls for her.
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