As per our current Database, Pauline Clarke has been died on Jul 23, 2013 (age 92).
When Pauline Clarke die, Pauline Clarke was 92 years old.
| Popular As | Pauline Clarke |
| Occupation | Children's Author |
| Age | 92 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 19, 1921 (England) |
| Birthday | May 19 |
| Town/City | England |
| Nationality | England |
Pauline Clarke’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Pauline Clarke was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
An English author of children's fantasy fiction, she published the popular book, The Twelve and the Genii (1961) under the pen name of Helen Clare. The work earned her the Library Association's prestigious Carnegie Medal in 1962.
After graduating from Oxford, she worked as a Journalist and a Writer for children's magazines. She published her first children's book, The Pekinese Princess, in 1948.
Writing under her married name of Pauline Hunter Blair, she published, between 1984 and 2003, several historical novels for adults.
She was raised in Nottinghamshire and Cambridgeshire, England. In 1969, she married Peter Hunter Blair, a prominent Historian.
Beverly Clearly is another well-known author of children's books.
