Perceval Gibbon
Perceval Gibbon (4 November 1879 – 30 May 1926)[1] was an author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications. He is best remembered for his short stories, the best of which often contained an ironic twist at the end.
He was born in Trelech, Carmarthenshire, Wales, and was educated in the Moravian School, in Königsfeld of Baden, Germany.[2] Gibbon worked as a merchant mariner, travelling in Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Perceval Gibbon was a friend of the writer Joseph Conrad, and dedicated his novel Flower o' the Peach (1911) to Joseph Conrad and Jessie Conrad. Conrad dedicated his novel Victory (1915) to Perceval and Maisie Gibbon.[3]
Gibbon's early works were influenced by his extensive travels throughout Europe, America, and Africa.
During World War I he was a war correspondent with the Italian Army from 1917 to 1918. In 1918–1919, Perceval Gibbon was a Major in the British Royal Marines.
In 2007 the work Margaret Harding was adapted into a screenplay by Meg Rickards who directed the mini-series and the made-for-TV feature film for SABC.
Selected works[]
 |
Wikisource has original works written by or about: Perceval Gibbon |
- African Items, 1903 (verse)
- Souls in Bondage, 1904 (novel)
- Salvator, 1905 (novel)
- Vrouw Grobelaar's Leading Cases, 1905 (stories)[4]
- Flower o' the Peach, 1911 (novel). (Published in Britain by Methuen, London under the title Margaret Harding).[5]
- The Adventures of Miss Gregory, 1911 (stories)
- Margaret Harding, 1911 (novel), (published in the US by The Century Co, New York under the title Flower o' the Peach). adapted into television series, Land of Thirst in 2008.
- The Triumph of the Royal Navy: Official Record of the Surrender of the German Fleet, 1918, Hodder & Stoughton, 48pp.
- The Second Class Passenger, 1913 (stories) at Project Gutenberg
- Those Who Smiled and Other Stories, 1920 (stories) at Project Gutenberg
- The Dark Places, 1926 (stories)
References[]
- ^ "Gibbon, Perceval, (4 Nov. 1879–30 May 1926), novelist and short story writer", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u196846, retrieved 22 May 2021
- ^ Killam, Douglas; Rowe, Ruth, eds. (2000). The Companion to African Literatures. Oxford: James Currey. p. 104. ISBN 0852555490.
- ^ Williams, Pieter D. (1983). Introduction to the 1983 Edition of Margaret Harding. Cape Town: David Philip. pp. iii–xxiv.
- ^ Gibbon, Perceval. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases. Project Gutenberg.
- ^ Gibbon, Perceval (1911). Flower o' the Peach.
External links[]
- Perceval Gibbon Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
- Film based on "Margaret Harding"
- Film based on "Margaret Harding"
- Works by Perceval Gibbon at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Perceval Gibbon at Internet Archive
- Short Stories by Perceval Gibbon at manybooks.net
- 1949 American radio play production of Gibbon's "The Second Class Passenger". Adapted from the 1913 short story.
| hide Authority control  | |
|---|---|
| General |
|
| National libraries | |
| Other |
|
  | This article about a writer or poet from the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
 | This article about a South African writer or poet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1879 births
- 1926 deaths
- Royal Marines officers
- British writer stubs
- South African writer stubs