The Independent - London, November 11th, 1998
RUMER GODDEN survived a poisoning attempt, rare illnesses, the death of a baby son, abandonment by her first husband and destitution, in the course of a writing career that spanned more than 60 years.
The prolific novelist, playwright and poet - best known for Black Narcissus (1938), The River (1946) and The Greengage Summer (1958), all of which were made into successful films, was writing almost to the end. Her last book, Cromartie vs The God Shiva, was published earlier this year, when she was 90.
Born in 1907 in her uncle's house in Eastbourne, Sussex, "Peggy" (as she was known) spent her...
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