J. M. Barrie

Author

J. M. Barrie

Scottish novelist and playwright (1860–1937)

📅 1860–1937 · 19th century📚 2 titlesEN 1ES 1

Biography

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet was a Scottish novelist and playwright. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.

Biography in Spanish

James Matthew Barrie, conocido como J. M. Barrie, fue un novelista y dramaturgo escocés. Su fama se debe especialmente a la creación del personaje Peter Pan, inspirado en gran parte en sus amigos los niños Llewelyn Davies. Al morir los padres de los niños, Barrie se hizo cargo de ellos, aunque no los adoptó legalmente.

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