Collection, 1923-1992.

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909 - July 16, 1995) was an English poet and novelist who worked with the themes of social injustice and class struggle. Spender was born in London and educated at University College, Oxford. He was mentored by W. H. Auden with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He edited Horizon with Cyril Connolly from 1939-1941. Following WW II, Spender devoted his time to criticism, co-editing the magazine Encounter from 1953-1966. Spender also held a number ...

Bagnold, Enid, 1889-1981

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Enid Bagnold, a twentieth-century British author, is best known for her novel National Velvet (1935) and her play "The Chalk Garden" (1955). Born in Rochester, England she spent much of her early life abroad. As a child Bagnold lived in Jamaica where her father was stationed with the Royal Engineers. She was educated in Germany and France. During World War I, Bagnold served in an English hospital and drove an ambulance for the French army. Drawing on these expe...

Lehmann, Rosamond, 1901-1990

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Rosamond Lehmann was an author, editor, and translator, probably most widely known as a novelist. Born in England to a well-to-do Edwardian family, she attended Cambridge and found success with her first novel, the semiautobiographical Dusty Answer. Her work had a particularly feminine quality, featuring lyrical prose and psychological insight, but slightly repetitive plots; she was often compared with Virginia Woolf as a stylist with a strongly feminine perspective. She also served as vice-pres...

Maugham, Robin, 1916-1981

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English author; nephew of W. Somerset Maugham. From the description of The green shade : original manuscript, ca. 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866481 British writer of non-fiction, novels, plays, short stories, and screenplays, and critic. From the description of Collection, 1932-1975. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122597854 Robin Maugham was an author of short ...

Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968

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Epithet: writer and diplomatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x00010c Sir Harold George Nicolson was born in Teheran and he spent his life in the diplomatic corps at posts in Berlin, Teheran, Constantinople, and Madrid. At the end of his diplomatic career Nicolson pursued a career in journalism and politics, during which time he served as a member of the National Liberal Party in Parliment. ...

King, Faith Mina Reed, 1889-1992

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King, Eustace Arthur Cecil.

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Connolly, Cyril, 1903-1974

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Editor of Horizon magazine. From the description of Letter, [19--]. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23435570 ...

Kitchin, C. H. B. (Clifford Henry Benn), 1895-1967

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Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin (1895-1967) was a British author. He was best known for his detective novels, although he wrote in other genres as well. His works include "A Short Walk in Williams Park," "The Book of Life," and "The Secret River." From the guide to the Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin Letter (MS 115), 24 Oct. 1927, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.) Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : ...

Knight, George Wilson, 1897-

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G. Wilson Knight (1897-1985) was born at Sutton, Surrey, and educated at Dulwich. He served as a Despatch Rider in Mesopotamia and, after the War, in Persia. Later he became Professor of English Literature at the University of Leeds. From the guide to the Wilson Knight papers, 1916-1977, (Leeds University Library) ...

Davies, Rhys, 1901-1978

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Rhys Davies was an Anglo-Welsh novelist and short story writer. From the description of Rhys Davies collection. [1928]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848426 Rhys Davies was born on 9 November 1903 in the Rhondda Valley, Wales. He was educated at Porth County School. Davies published his first novel The Withered Root in 1927 and continued to publish books until the mid 1970s. Davies died in London on 21 August 1978. From the guide to t...

Walton, Alexander

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Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981

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Alec Waugh, elder brother of Evelyn Waugh, had a long and productive career as a writer. He fought in France in World War I, and was a prisoner of war; his first novel, the controversial Loom of Youth, was published during the war. After the war, he lived an itinerant lifestyle, and his travels supplied him with story ideas for his fiction and served as the basis of his popular travel books. A self-described 'minor writer, ' he also wrote essays and several popular memoirs of his life and family...

Compton-Burnett, I. (Ivy), 1884-1969

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Ivy Compton-Burnett was born at Pinner, Middlesex, England, June 5, 1884; educated at Addiscombe College, Howard College, and the Royal Holloway College; wrote first novel, Dolores (1911), while a governess for her younger sisters; wrote over twenty novels in her lifetime, receiving the James Tait Black memorial prize for Mother and son (1955); died, London, England, Aug. 27, 1969. From the description of Literary manuscripts, 1948-1963. (University of California, Los Angeles). World...

Liddell, Robert, 1908-

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Epithet: Vicar of St.Paul's, Knightsbridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x000302 ...

Jullian, Philippe.

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West, Rebecca, 1892-1983

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Rebecca West was a British author and journalist. Born Cicily Fairfield, of Scots-Irish heritage, she adopted the name of the strong-willed heroine of Ibsen's play, Rosmershmolm. She trained as an actress, but concentrated on writing and contributed to various liberal journals. In addition to social commentary and literary criticism, she wrote novels; her writing was distinguished by passion, intelligence, and style. Her personal life included a decade-long affair with H.G. Wells, affairs with C...

King, Francis, 1923-2011

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English writer of novels, short stories, and plays. From the description of Collection, 1923-1992. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122590156 ...

Grigson, Geoffrey, 1905-1985

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Geoffrey Grigson was born at Pelynt, Cornwall and educated at Oxford. Though he published well-received poetry, he was better known as a critic and literary journalist. He was the founder of the modernist periodical New verse, 1933-1939, and wrote books on art, literature, and nature, and edited several anthologies. From the description of Geoffrey Grigson letter to Geoffrey Elborn, 1976 May 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 63664441 ...

Manning, Olivia

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Lofts, Norah, 1904-1983

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English author; writer of historical fiction; d. 1983. From the description of Norah Lofts collection, 1969. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70966977 ...

Stanford, Derek.

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Derek Stanford was a author, biographer, poet, and Fellow of the [British] Royal Society. From the guide to the Derek Stanford Papers, 1968, (Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.) Derek Stanford was born in Lampton, England on October 11, 1918, to Richard James and Ada Stanford. Stanford attended Upper Latymer Scool in London. He then married Margaret Holdsworth, poet, who publishes under the name Margaret Philips. Stanfor...

Hartley, L.P. (Leslie Poles), 1895-1972

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British author and novelist. From the description of Letters, 1951-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699553 From the guide to the L.P. Hartley letters, 1951-1961, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) English novelist, short-story writer, and critic. From the description of Letters, 1953-1967. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 145435440 From the description of L. P. Hartley letters, 1921-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1225...

Ackerley, J.R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967

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Joe Randolph Ackerley was an English novelist, playwright, poet, and editor. From the description of Joe Randolph Ackerley collection of papers, 1919-1969. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122607249 From the guide to the Joe Randolph Ackerley collection of papers, 1919-1969, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) British author. From the description of Collection, 1924-1983....

Lehmann, John, 1907-1987

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Epithet: writer and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0001d8 John Lehmann was an English author, poet, journalist, editor, and publisher. He was founder and editor (1936-1950) of NEW WRITING, manager (1938-1946) of Hogarth Press, founder and director (1946-1952) of John Lehmann, Ltd. (publishers), founding editor (1953-1961) of LONDON MAGAZINE, and visiting professor at various universities. He al...

Bottrall, Ronald, 1906-

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Pritchett, V. S. (Victor Sawdon), 1900-1997

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Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997), English novelist, essayist, literary critic, and writer of short stories and travel literature. From the description of V.S. Pritchett collection, 1979-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79462983 Epithet: Knight; author and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x000271 Victor Sawdon Pritchett was an English novelist, biographer, essayist, lite...

Winn, Godfrey, 1906-

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Born, Edith de, 1901-

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Toynbee, Philip

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Taylor, Elizabeth, 1912-1975

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Brooke-Rose, Christine, 1923-2012

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British experimental novelist, literary critic, translator, and poet. From the description of Papers, 1893-1992 (bulk 1957-1992). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122632933 Christine Frances Evelyn Brooke-Rose was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 16, 1923. The younger of two daughters of Alfred Northbrook Rose, who was English, and Evelyn Brooke Rose, who was half Swiss and half American, ...

Jeans, Angela Ainley

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Stewart, Desmond, 1924-1981

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Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973

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British writer of essays, short stories, and novels. From the description of Letter to Mrs. Brownrigg [?], ca. 1930. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122570785 Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1923) was an Anglo-Irish author. Among her many novels are The last September (1929), The house in Paris (1935), The death of the heart (1938), The heat of the day (1948), A world of love (1955), and Eva Trout; or, changing scenes (1968). Her othe...

Gielgud, John, 1904-2000

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (19) : London, to "Dear Mardi" [Mrs. John C. Hughes], 1972-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589158 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and typed letter signed : London, Hampstead, and Beverly Hills, to Denys [Blakelock], 1958 Dec. 6-1964 May 30 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870868 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, t...

Jameson, Storm, 1891-1986

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Storm Jameson was an English novelist, editor, critic, and peace activist. From the description of Margaret Storm Jameson letters, 1932-1954. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49014732 Jameson met Morley Roberts for the first time in 1933. She served as his literary executor. From the description of Correspondence from Morley Roberts, 1933-1942. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 642326304 English autho...

Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970

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Mortimer, Raymond, 1895-1980

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Raymond Mortimer, English author and literary critic, was literary editor (1935-1947) of the NEW STATESMAN. From the description of Raymond Mortimer letters to Edward Sackville-West, 1925-1963. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 81643059 Mortimer was an English literary and art critic and editor. He was the literary critic for the "New Stateman" from 1935 to 1947, and later was the principal reviewer for the London "Sunday Times." From the descri...

Attenborough, David, 1926-....

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Epithet: broadcaster and naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x000375 ...

Stoppard, Tom

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Tom Stoppard, playwright. From the description of Jumpers : typescript, February 21, 2003. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79408761 British playwright, radio, television, and film script writer, and journalist. From the description of Papers, 1939-2000 (bulk 1970-2000). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122453089 Tom Stoppard. playwright. From the description of ...

Grant, Duncan, 1885-1978

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gordon Square [London], to E. McKnight Kauffer, 1926 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269568682 Scottish designer. From the description of Postcard and autograph letter signed with initials : Wissett Lodge and 46, Gordon Square, to John Maynard Keynes, 1916 Apr. 3-ca. 1920 Feb. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269599197 Artist and member of the Bloomsbury Group. From the ...