Roger Lancelyn Green
| Roger Lancelyn Green | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 November 1918 Norwich, England |
| Died | 8 October 1987 (aged 68) |
| Occupation | Novelist, Biographer |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | English |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Genre | Biography, Fantasy, Mythology |
| Notable works | King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Robin Hood, Tales of the Greek Heroes |
| Spouse | June Lancelyn Green |
| Children | Scirard Lancelyn Green, Priscilla Lancelyn Green (Cilla), Richard Lancelyn Green |
Roger (Gilbert) Lancelyn Green (2 November 1918 – 8 October 1987) was a British biographer and children's writer. He was an Oxford academic who formed part of the Inklings literary discussion group along with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Roger Lancelyn Green was born in 1918 in Norwich, England.
He studied under C. S. Lewis at Merton College, Oxford, where he obtained a B.Litt. degree. As an undergraduate, he performed in the Oxford University Dramatic Society's Shakespeare dramas produced by Nevill Coghill. He remained close to Lewis until the latter's death in 1963, and holidayed in Greece with Lewis and his wife Joy Gresham just before her death from cancer in 1960. When Lewis started writing the Narnia books in the late 1940s, he suggested that they should be called The Chronicles of Narnia.
Green delivered the 1968 Andrew Lang lecture.
Green lived in Cheshire at Poulton Hall, a manor house that his ancestors had owned for more than 900 years. He died on 8 October 1987 at the age of 68.
His son was the writer Richard Lancelyn Green.
Green became known primarily for his writings for children, particularly his retellings of the myths of Greece (Tales of the Greek Heroes and The Tale of Troy) and Egypt (Tales of Ancient Egypt), as well the Norse mythology (The Saga of Asgard, later renamed Myths of the Norsemen) and the stories of King Arthur (King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table) and Robin Hood (The Adventures of Robin Hood). His works of original fiction include The Luck of Troy, set during the Trojan War, and The Land of the Lord High Tiger, a fantasy that has been compared to the Narnia books.
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