J M Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet (May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan.
Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Angus and was educated at Dumfries Academy and Edinburgh University. He became a journalist at Nottingham, then London, and became a novelist. The first two novels were set in Kirriemuir, disguised as "Thrums" (his father was a weaver). He then wrote for the theatre, including Quality Street, What Every Woman Knows and The Admirable Crichton. But he is remembered mainly for Peter Pan, which he based on his friends, the Llewellyn-Davies boys.
He died in 1937 and was interred at Kirriemuir, next to his parents, sister and brother David.
A movie about his relationship with the Llewellyn-Davies family, Finding Neverland, was released in October 2004, starring Johnny Depp as Barrie.
External links
- Project Gutenberg e-texts of works by James Matthew Barrie (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/author?name=Barrie%2c%20J%2e%20M%2e%20%28James%20Matthew%29%2c%201860%2d1937)
- eLook Literature: Works by J. M. Barrie (http://www.elook.org/literature/jmbarrie/) - Writings by J. M. Barrie formatted in HTML and broken down by chapters.
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Categories: 1860 births | 1937 deaths | Baronets | British writers | Fantasy writers | Scottish authors, playwrights, and poets