Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator (died 1968)

Mervyn Peake

British author and illustrator (1911–1968)

Mervyn Laurence Peake was a British writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books. The four works were part of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, the completion of which was prevented by his death. They…