Enid Blyton is famous for her children’s books. She was born on August 11, 1897, and passed away on November, 28, in the year 1968. She was a prolific writer who wrote over 800 books in a period of 40 years. She was a writer who made going to boarding school seem like fun. Here are a few interesting facts about her life that you probably didn’t know:
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Her father moved away when she was a child, and Enid Blyton had a difficult relationship with her mother.
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Enid Blyton went to St Christopher’s School in Beckenham — she was the head girl. She enjoyed most of the lessons, except maths.
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Blyton’s first published book was Child Whispers, in 1922. She was still working as a teacher at this point and wrote in her spare time.
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In August 1924, Enid Blyton married Major Hugh Alexander Pollock. He was the editor at the publishing house George Newnes and published some of Enid’s books.
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Enid Blyton sometimes wrote under the pseudonym ‘Mary Pollock’
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She was able to write 10,000 words of a publishable story in one day!
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Enid claimed that she didn’t plan her stories in advance, allowing her imagination to take her from the beginning of a book to the final scene.
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Quite a few of her books were written and published between 1941 and 1945 but there is not one mention of the war.
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The most famous of her works are The Famous Five series, The Adventure series, The Mystery series, The Secret Seven series, The Magic Faraway Tree, The Noddy books, etc.
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Enid Blyton died at the age of 71 years. She was cremated and her ashes are held at Golders Green Crematorium.
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