Mervyn Laurence Peake



Born 1911, China

Died 1968.

Educated at Tientsin Grammar School, Eltham College, Kent and the Royal Academy Schools.

Awards

 * Gormenghast (W.H. Heinemann Foundation Prize, 1950)
 * The Glassblowers (W.H. Heinemann Foundation Prize by the Royal Society of Literature, 1950)