Myrna Combellack
Myrna May Combellackis an academic researcher and writer of the Institute of Cornish Studies (in the Charles Thomas era), translator of Beunans Meriasek[1] and author of several works of fiction.
Early life
She graduated in English from the University of York in 1971.[2]
Doctoral thesis
"A Critical Edition of Beunans Meriasek" (PhD thesis, University of Exeter, 1985)
Publications
Academic work
- 1974: A Survey of Musical Activities in Cornwall (Series: Special reports; no.1). Redruth: Institute of Cornish Studies ISBN 0903686058
- 1988: The Camborne Play. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran ISBN 1-850220-39-5 (translation in verse of Beunans Meriasek)
Fiction
- 1989: The Playing Place. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran ISBN 1850220417 (novel)
- 2002: A Fine Place: the Cornish estate. Cornish Fiction ISBN 0954191803
- 2003: The Permanent History of Penaluna's Van. Cornish Fiction ISBN 0954191811[3]
- 2004: Cuts in the Face: stories from Cornwall. Cornish Fiction ISBN 095419182X
- 2005: The Mistress of Grammar [and] Niobe's Tears. Cornish Fiction ISBN 0954191838 (novella and short story; "Niobe's tears" was first published in The new quarterly cave; v. 2, no. 4, 1977)
- 2007: A Place to Stay: the Cornish bypass (Playing Place series). Cornish Fiction ISBN 0954191846
References and notes
- ^ Life of Saint Meriasek.
- ^ Univ. of York Graduate search website.
- ^ The Permanent History of Penaluna's Van is reviewed at abrax7
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