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English novelist and poet, 1912–1994

Ian Serraillier (24 September 1912 – 28 November 1994) was an English novelist and poet.

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He retold legends from England, Greece and Rome and was best known for his children's books, especially The Silver Sword (1956), a wartime adventure story that the BBC adapted for television in 1957 and again in 1971.

Early life and education

Serraillier, born in London on 24 September 1912, was the eldest of the four children of Lucien Serraillier (1886–1919) and Mary Kirkland Rodger (1883–1940).

His father died in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.

Serraillier was educated at Brighton College, a public school, and at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He then taught English at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire in 1936–1939, Dudley Boys Grammar School, Worcestershire, in 1939–1946, and Midhurst Grammar School, West Sussex, in 1946–1961.

Pacifism

As a Quaker Serraillier was granted conscientious objector status in World War II, and served Ian Serraillier Biography - eNotes.com SABOB