P. L. Travers - Wikipedia
WEBUpon emigrating to England at the age of 24, she took the name "Pamela Lyndon Travers" and adopted the pen name P. L. Travers in 1933 while writing the first of eight Mary Poppins books. Travers travelled to New York City during World War II while working for the British Ministry of Information.
P.L. Travers | British Author & Creator of Mary Poppins
WEBAug 5, 2024 · P.L. Travers was an Australian English writer known for her Mary Poppins books, about a magical nanny. The books insightfully explored the fraught relationship between children and adults through a combination of mythological allusion and …
P.L. Travers, Author of Mary Poppins | LiteraryLadiesGuide
WEBApr 19, 2018 · P.L. Travers (August 9, 1899 – April 23, 1996), full name Pamela Lyndon Travers, was an Australian-born author best remembered as the author of the Mary Poppins series of books. She had a vivid imagination from childhood on, and was inspired by her love of reading, favoring fairy tales and myths.
Mary Poppins | Summary, Characters, & Facts | Britannica
WEBMary Poppins, the first novel in a series of children’s books written by P.L. Travers, published in 1934. The titular character is a sensible English nanny with magical powers, and the book uses mythological allusion and biting social critique to explore the fraught relationship between children and adults.
P.L. Travers - Books, Parents & Mary Poppins - Biography
WEBApr 3, 2014 · Mysterious and prickly, author P.L. Travers created the beloved governess Mary Poppins, further popularized by the Disney film and stage musical of the same name.
The truth behind Mary Poppins creator P.L. Travers
WEBJan 4, 2014 · Only recently, thanks to the research of Valerie Lawson, Travers biographer and author of Mary Poppins, She Wrote, has Australia finally been alerted to the accolade, and potential tourism dollar, of claiming a link to the nanny and her parrot-headed umbrella. Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins.
Mary Poppins (book series) - Wikipedia
WEBMary Poppins is a series of eight children's books written by Australian-British writer P. L. Travers and published over the period 1934 to 1988. Mary Shepard was the illustrator throughout the series.