Please answer the following question: What key details about mervyn peake can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: mervyn laurence peake -lrb- 9 july 1911 -- 17 november 1968 -rrb- was an english writer , artist , poet and illustrator . he is best known for what are usually referred to as the '' gormenghast '' books . the three works were part of what peake conceived as a lengthy cycle , the completion of which was prevented by his death . they are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary j. r. r. tolkien , but his surreal fiction was influenced by his early love for charles dickens and robert louis stevenson rather than tolkien 's studies of mythology and philology . peake also wrote poetry and literary nonsense in verse form , short stories for adults and children -lrb- '' letters from a lost uncle '' -rrb- , stage and radio plays , and '' mr pye '' , a relatively tightly-structured novel in which god implicitly mocks the evangelical pretensions and cosy world-view of the eponymous hero . peake first made his reputation as a painter and illustrator during the 1930s and 1940s , when he lived in london , and he was commissioned to produce portraits of well-known people . for a short time at the end of world war ii he was commissioned by various newspapers to depict war scenes . a collection of his drawings is still in the possession of his family . although he gained little popular success in his lifetime , his work was highly respected by his peers , and his friends included dylan thomas and graham greene . his works are now included in the collections of the national portrait gallery , the imperial war museum and the national archives . in 2008 , '' the times '' named peake among their list of '' the 50 greatest british writers since 1945 '' .
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- death place is burcot , oxfordshire , england- death date is 17 november 1968 9 july 1911- spouse is maeve gilmore- education is eltham academy schools college , croydon school of art , royal- birth date is 9 july 1911- name is mervyn laurence peake- image is mervyn peake.jpg- birth place is kuling , jiangxi , china- occupation is writer , artist , poet , illustrator