Roger Lancelyn Green
1918-1987
"Greece has always been my chief inspiration and produced most of my bestsellers."
Ancient Ancestry Roger Green was born in England where his family have lived in the same ancestral home for more than 900 years. He was often sick as a child and spent long periods confined to his home—devouring Greek myths, medieval romances, and fairy tales.
Lover of Greece Green began a lifelong fascination with Greece and Greek culture when he first visited that country in 1935. He went on to compile and retell many Greek stories, including "Old Greek Fairy Tales," and "Jason and the Golden Fleece." Green also wrote a few of his own stories, but he is better known for his adventurous, heroic and timeless retellings of folk tales from around the world.
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