Myrna May Combellack is a Cornish academic researcher and writer of the Institute of Cornish Studies (in the Charles Thomas era), translator of Beunans MeriasekLife of Saint Meriasek. and author of several works of fiction.
Early life She graduated in English from the University of York in 1971.Univ. of York Graduate search website.
Doctoral thesis "A Critical Edition of Beunans Meriasek" (PhD thesis, University of Exeter, 1985)
Publications
Academic work 1974: A Survey of Musical Activities in Cornwall (Series: Special reports; no.1). Redruth: Institute of Cornish Studies 1988: The Camborne Play. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran (translation in verse of Beunans Meriasek)
Fiction 1989: The Playing Place. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran (novel) 2002: A Fine Place: the Cornish estate. Cornish Fiction 2003: The Permanent History of Penaluna's Van. Cornish Fiction The Permanent History of Penaluna's Van is reviewed at abrax7 2004: Cuts in the Face: stories from Cornwall. Cornish Fiction 2005: The Mistress of Grammar [and] Niobe's Tears. Cornish Fiction (novella and short story; "Niobe's tears" was first published in The new quarterly cave; v. 2, no. 4, 1977) 2007: A Place to Stay: the Cornish bypass (Playing Place series). Cornish Fiction
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