Travers created the beloved governess Mary Poppins, further popularized by the Disney film and stage musical. It centers on magical English nanny of the same name. In 2004, a new, British musical theatre adaptation of the books and the film opened in the West End it premièred on Broadway in 2006.įor services to literature, Travers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.īio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Best Known For: Mysterious and prickly, author P.L. Mary Poppins appeared in 1934 and was an immediate success (Carpenter & Prichard, 540). The Gingerbread Shop, a Story From Mary Poppins (A Little Golden Book, 126) Travers, P. After years of contact, Walt Disney did obtain the rights and the Disney film Mary Poppins premièred in 1964. At that time Walt Disney contacted her about selling to Disney Studios the rights for a film adaptation of Mary Poppins, whose sequel Mary Poppins Comes Back was also in print. During World War II, while working for the British Ministry of Information, Travers traveled to New York City. Twenty-six vignettesone for each letter of the alphabetweave unexpected tales of Mary Poppins, the Banks children, and other characters from Traverss. In 1933 she began writing the novel Mary Poppins, first of the Poppins books. Upon immigrating to England in 1924, Goff began to write under the pen name P.

She is known best for the Mary Poppins series of children's books featuring the magical English nanny Mary Poppins. Pamela Lyndon Travers, OBE (/ˈtrævərs/ born Helen Lyndon Goff 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996), was an Australian-born British novelist, actress, and journalist who migrated to England and lived most of her adult life there.

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