Some stamps dedicated to literary works of women...
This stamp belongs to a 2013 6-set of six that commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice. Each stamp is dedicated to one of her six published novels, depicting key scenes in specially commissioned artwork by illustrator Angela Barrett. See here the whole issue.
Mary Anne Evans (1819 – 1880) was another English writer that used the male pen name of George Eliot.
Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was a well-known American writer and civil rights activist. The stamp was issued in 2015 and much celebrated, even if... the quote on the stamp wasn't hers!
For the new edition of Sunday Stamps-II A to Z, I have decided to show some of the stamps I have got on letters and postcards, related to one topic: women. This is the post for the letter L.
More women on stamps.
The Mill on the Floss (1860) was the novel chosen to be depicted on this 1980 stamp. It belongs to the 4-stamps set Victorian novelists, that includes also Charlotte Bronte, Emily Brontë and
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.
Ellen Ombre is a Dutch writer born in Surinam.
This 2001 Dutch set of stamps bears the title Het land van herkomst: schrijven tussen twee culturen ( 'The country of origin: writing between two cultures'). It combines quotations and pictures of Dutch of different origines.
This 2001 Dutch set of stamps bears the title Het land van herkomst: schrijven tussen twee culturen ( 'The country of origin: writing between two cultures'). It combines quotations and pictures of Dutch of different origines.
Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was a well-known American writer and civil rights activist. The stamp was issued in 2015 and much celebrated, even if... the quote on the stamp wasn't hers!
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For the new edition of Sunday Stamps-II A to Z, I have decided to show some of the stamps I have got on letters and postcards, related to one topic: women. This is the post for the letter L.
More women on stamps.
Writing between two cultures is an interesting concept bringing a different perspective.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read anything from this author (yet).
Deleteeach time i am more impressed by your collection on women on stamps, and how much we learn about women of the world through this. I must admit I have never noticed some stamps with writers are actually dedicated to specific works
ReplyDeleteThere are beautiful series, like the first, of Jane Austen works.
DeleteI love the Mill on the Floss!
ReplyDeleteHaven't read this one by Jane Austin, neither have read anything by the other two.. =/
I can say I have read all the complete books of Jane Austen... and nothing of the rest! :|
DeleteWriters from a different culture can often bring insight into your own culture that you weren't aware of.
ReplyDeleteIt has been a long time since I read any of the others (Victorian authors)
I agree. I like to read authors from around the world.
DeleteAusten's work has had amazing staying power. Too many books to read in general!
ReplyDeleteIn general :D
DeleteI must confess that I've never read books by Jane Austen, so far.
ReplyDeleteOf the writers mentioned on the stamps I've read only the early books by (non-female) Kader Abdollah, a refugee from Iran who nowadays lives in the Netherlands, and who explained in a lovely short story how he learned Dutch thanks to the books of (female) author Annie M.G. Schmidt.
He has written thicker books later, but also these I still have to read..
I love to see all these stamps, and am enjoying again and again the way you're choosing matching themes on the theme!
I can blame anybody for not reading Austen: it's really out of fashion. But, for some reason, I got hooked five years ago. The very first books that I read on my e-book were Austen's complete novels!
DeleteI don't think I've never read anything by Kader Abdollah, but it has appeared in postcards (or bookmarks?) you have sent :)
I hadn't seen any of these. Good to see that George Eliot stamp. Austen seems to get way too much 'publicity' - stamps, coins, bank notes - for me.
ReplyDeleteAs I love Austen's works, it's never enough to me. Anyway, this stamp is five years old. I'm not aware of the most recent issues (also as coins and bank notes?!)
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