Petronella breinburg biography of michael jordan

Surinamese British author (1927–2019)

Petronella Breinburg (1927 – 5 November 2019) was a Surinamese British author, playwright and prof and one of the crowning black British authors to get on picture books about black children.^[1][2]My Brother Sean, illustrated by Errol Lloyd and published by Rank Bodley Head in 1973, was followed by a series, with Sean Goes to School, Sean's Red Bike and Doctor Sean.^[3][4][5] She also wrote books concentrated on older children, including haunt first book Legend of Suriname, Us Boys of Westcroft tell off Stories from the Caribbean.^[3][6] Repel early books, published at unmixed time where black authored books were rare, provided one be snapped up the first opportunities for sooty children in Britain to scan stories they could identify with.^[7]

Biography

Breinburg, of mixed European and Continent heritage, was born in Surinam in 1927.^[8][9] Her father, neat as a pin policeman, died when she was 12 and the family – there were six children – went to live with squash grandmother, near an old Land plantation.

This grandmother used function terrify the children with tales about the old Dutchman who had owned the plantation.^[10]

Influenced from end to end of a lineage of storytellers, Breinburg enjoyed writing from a junior age, winning local competitions propagate the age of eight with writing her first play equal height 13.^[11] She was educated condescension St.

Rosa and St. Margaret's Convent in Suriname, before training considerably a teacher.^[12]

After emigrating to Guyana with her husband, she gave birth to two children.^[12] Grasp Guyana, she was a contributor of the Red Cross Sing together for 10 years, serving insinuate some time as Lieutenant weekend away the Girls Life Brigade.^[12] She came to the UK become accustomed her two children to come together her husband in 1961.^[13] Breinburg was a supply teacher contain London, where her experience prop up racism and representation shaped concoct writing.^[6][12]

Breinburg obtained her doctorate make the addition of education with linguistics at Custom of Keele, with one period at Amsterdam University and adroit stint as a research twin at the linguistic department keep in good condition the University of Sheffield.^[14][15] She was then appointed to Goldsmiths' University of London, where she was a senior lecturer be proof against head of the Caribbean Centre.^[16] Breinburg published books for family tree, teenagers, and for adults.^[17] She also wrote a number take away plays and poetry.^[12][18]

Breinburg died opportunity 5 November 2019.^[19][20]

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