Myrna Combellack
Myrna May Combellack is a Cornish[1][2] academic researcher and writer of the Institute of Cornish Studies (in the Charles Thomas era), translator of Beunans Meriasek[3] and author of several works of fiction.
Early life
She graduated in English from the University of York in 1971.[4]
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 ISBN 0-903686-05-8
- 1988: The Camborne Play. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran ISBN 1-85022-039-5(translation in verse of Beunans Meriasek)
Fiction
- 1989: The Playing Place. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran ISBN 1-85022-041-7(novel)
- 2002: A Fine Place: the Cornish estate. Cornish Fiction ISBN 0-9541918-0-3
- 2003: The Permanent History of Penaluna's Van. Cornish Fiction ISBN 0-9541918-1-1[5]
- 2004: Cuts in the Face: stories from Cornwall. Cornish Fiction ISBN 0-9541918-2-X
- 2005: The Mistress of Grammar [and] Niobe's Tears. Cornish Fiction ISBN 0-9541918-3-8(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 ISBN 0-9541918-4-6
References and notes
- ISBN 1872229336.
- ISBN 9781782010456.
- ^ Life of Saint Meriasek.
- ^ Univ. of York Graduate search website. Archived 6 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Permanent History of Penaluna's Van is reviewed at abrax7 Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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