Celebrating Daphne du Maurier's Birthday – 13th May 2025
The image we have chosen to share with you on this special day is this stunning photograph of Daphne just before she left finishing school in France in 1925.
On this day in 1907, Daphne du Maurier was born, so join us as we celebrate the 118th anniversary of her birth.
If you are in Fowey, perhaps because you are attending the du Maurier Fowey Literary Festival, you might be taking part in some of today's events. Or you might like to take a walk to some of the places in and around Fowey that were the inspiration for many of Daphne's Cornish novels and short stories. It could even be warm enough to sit out in the sun with a drink or an ice cream while you read something of Daphne's writing.
If you aren't in Fowey today, and people who love Daphne du Maurier's writing could be anywhere in the world, you could read one of Daphne's short stories, or start one of her novels or biographies, or you could watch one of the films based on Daphne's books.
However, you spend today, enjoy it. Daphne du Maurier's birthday is a very special day.