P. L. Travers

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P. L. Travers was an Australian-British author best known for creating the beloved "Mary Poppins" children's book series.

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Label Occurrences
P. L. Travers canonical 8
Pamela Lyndon Travers 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf author
children's writer
person
adaptedWork Mary Poppins
surface form: Mary Poppins (1964 film)

Mary Poppins Returns
surface form: Mary Poppins Returns (2018 film, based on her characters)
awardReceived Officer of the Order of the British Empire
birthName Helen Lyndon Goff
countryOfCitizenship Australia
United Kingdom
dateAwarded 1977 (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
dateMovedToEngland 1924
dateOfBirth 1899-08-09
dateOfDeath 1996-04-23
employer The Irish Statesman
ethnicGroup Anglo-Australian
familyName Goff
fieldOfWork children's fiction
literary criticism
fullName P. L. Travers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pamela Lyndon Travers
genre children's literature
fantasy literature
givenName Helen
Lyndon
influencedBy folklore
mysticism
mythology
languageOfWorkOrName English
movedTo England
nationality Australian
British
notableWork Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins Comes Back
Mary Poppins Opens the Door
Mary Poppins and the House Next Door
Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane
Mary Poppins in the Park
occupation actress
essayist
novelist
short story writer
placeOfBirth Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
pseudonym P. L. Travers
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
residence London, England
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
sexOrGender female
subjectOf Saving Mr. Banks
workedAs journalist

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Saving Mr. Banks mainCharacter P. L. Travers
Mary Poppins creator P. L. Travers
P. L. Travers fullName P. L. Travers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pamela Lyndon Travers
P. L. Travers pseudonym P. L. Travers
David Magee basedOnWorkBy P. L. Travers
Michael Banks createdBy P. L. Travers
Jane Banks createdBy P. L. Travers
Banks family createdBy P. L. Travers
Bert in Mary Poppins creator P. L. Travers
subject surface form: Bert