De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956

Walter De la Mare (1873-1956) was a British poet, novelist, short story writer, critic, essayist, anthologist, dramatist, and a prolific writer of children's poetry and fiction.

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English writer and poet.

Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929.

English poet, short story writer and novelist. Best known for his work for children and "The Listeners."

English poet and novelist.

Poet and novelist.

English poet, novelist, and anthologist.

English poet.

Walter de la Mare was born April 25, 1873 in Charlton, Kent, England, and died June 22, 1956 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. Through his mother he was related to the poet Robert Browning. He was a poet and novelist who also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Ramal. He was educated at the Choir school of St. Paul's Cathedral in London In 1899 he married Constance Ingpen; the couple had 4 children. His first book of poems, Songs of Childhood, was published in 1902 under the name Walter Ramal; his first novel, Henry Borcken, was published in 1904. He was awarded honorary degrees by several universities, and was named Companion of Honor by King George VI.

English author.

Water De la Mare was a British writer of poems, children's literature, fantasy, novels, short stories, essays, and plays.

Poet, novelist.

Epithet: poet

Walter de la Mare, born April 25, 1873, in Charlton, Kent, England, was a British novelist, essayist, critic, playwright, poet, editor, as well as an author of short stories and children's books.

English author Walter de la Mare was born in Kent to British parents of Huguenot descent. While working as a clerk, he wrote short stories for several journals, and later began publishing poems and stories for children, as well as novels; many of his works may be classified as science fiction or fantasy literature. He was also the editor of numerous poetry anthologies. De la Mare was popular with critics, readers, and fellow writers, but generally did not work within the literary movements of his day.

Walter de la Mare, born April 25, 1873, in Charlton, Kent, England, was a British novelist, essayist, critic, playwright, poet, editor, as well as an author of short stories and children's books. One of his earliest works, published in 1902 while de la Mare was employed by an oil company, was a collection of children's verse, Songs of Childhood, written under the pseudonym Walter Ramal. Following the publication of his novel, Henry Brocken, in 1904 and several other early volumes, de la Mare devoted the remainder of his life almost exclusively to writing.

He wrote numerous short stories and poems, many of which reveal his interest in the macabre. Among the most notable collections of these works are The Veil and Other Poems (1921) and the posthumous Ghost Stories (1956). Memoirs of a Midget (1921), considered de la Mare's most popular novel, details the experiences of a character named Fanny Bowater. De la Mare also wrote several critical works, including Some Women Novelists of the 'Seventies (1929). Walter de la Mare died on June 22, 1956.

De la Mare's letters were written to British journalist and author John Middleton Murry, who was well known for his passionate and controversial criticism. Before 1910 he founded the avant-garde magazine Rhythm . He later worked as a journalist for the Westminster Gazette and Nation . With the encouragement of D. H. Lawrence, Murry published several books of criticism, including Fyodor Dostoevsky (1916) and The Problem of Style (1920).

Murry married writer Katherine Mansfield in 1913. A number of de la Mare's letters refer to Katherine Mansfield and her writing. Several letters include de la Mare's expressions of grief at her death in 1923.

Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp, born October 14, 1888, in Wellington, New Zealand, was best known for her short stories, especially those about New Zealand. Many of the New Zealand stories were collected in Bliss (1920) and The Garden Party (1922). Other works written by Mansfield included In a German Pension (1911), The Dove's Nest and Other Stories (1923), The Little Girl and Other Stories (1924), as well as numerous works edited by Murry and published posthumously.

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Prominent English poet and novelist, born at Charlton, Kent. De la Mare's first published work of poems, Songs of Childhood, appeared in.

1902 and would be followed by eighteen other volumes. Much of De la Mare's work focused on childhood and fantasy.

Poet and writer Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) published over one thousand poems and rhymes, many of which were written with children in mind. He also wrote many short stories and novels, often mysterious or sinister in character.

Thomas Moult (1893-1974) was a British critic and novelist, known for his compilations of poetry including his annual anthology Best Poems of the Year, which published both British and American poetry.

Walter John de la Mare (1873-1956) was an English poet and novelist. Born at Charlton, Kent in England on April 25, 1873, he was educated at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School. In 1890, at the age of sixteen, de la Mare left school, where he first began writing, and went to London to work in the office of the Anglo-American Oil Company. He continued in that employment for nineteen years, while writing in his spare time.

De la Mare's poems and short stories were first published in various British periodicals under the pseudonym "Walter Ramal." His first book of verse, Songs of Childhood, was published in 1902 and was followed by the prose romance Henry Brocken in 1904. After 1908, de la Mare received an annual grant from the privy purse and was able to give up office work and devote himself entirely to his writings.

De la Mare was made a companion of honour in 1948, and received the Order of Merit on 1953. He died at Twickenham, Middlesex, on June 22, 1956. Much of de la Mare's best poetry is contained within The Listeners (1912) and Peacock Pie (1913), while the novels The Return (1910) and Memoirs of a Midget (1921) are among the best of his prose work. Collected Poems appeared in 1920, 1935 and 1944; Collected Rhymes and Verse in 1944.

De la Mare's later poetry include The Burning Glass (1945), The Traveller (1946), Inward Companion (1950) and O Lovely England (1953).