Warner, Sylvia Townsend

Warner, Sylvia Townsend
(1893-1978)
   Born in Harrow, the daughter of a schoolmaster at Harrow School, she was educated privately and worked in a munitions factory during World War I. From 1918 to 1928 she was a member of the editorial board of Tudor Church Music (Oxford University Press, 1923-1929) and was also a contributor to Grove's Dictionary of Music. In 1927, she became guest critic of the New York Herald Tribute. A committed writer of the left, she worked for the Red Cross in the Spanish Civil War alongside her lifelong partner, Valentine Ackland, who died in 1969. She published some 140 short stories in the New Yorker and published eight novels, the last, Kingdoms of Elfin, in 1977, and eight collections of short stories. In 1958 she translated Contre Sainte-Beuve by Marcel Proust (1871-1922). She died at Maldon Newton, Dorset. Some of her poetry publications: The Espalier, 1925. Whether a Dove Or Seagull, 1933 (with Valentine Ackland). Collected Poems, 1982. Some of her poems: "Astrophysics," "Journey to Barcelona," "Killing No Murder," "Song from the Bride of Smithfield," "The Absence," "Under the Sudden Blue."
   Sources: Dictionary of National Biography. Electronic Edition 1.1. Oxford University Press, 1997. Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite DVD, 2006. Microsoft Encarta 2006 (DVD). Microsoft Corporation, 2006. Modern British Poetry. 7th rev. ed. Louis Untermeyer, ed. Harcourt, Brace, 1962. The National Portrait Gallery (www. npg.org.uk). Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire. Emma Donoghue, ed. Columbia University Press, 1997. The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry. 11th ed. The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry, Columbia University Press, 2005 (http://www.columbiagrangers.org). The Oxford Book of Sonnets. John Fuller, ed. Oxford University Press, 2000. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 6th edition. Margaret Drabble, ed. Oxford University Press, 2000. The Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Homepage (http://www.townsendwarner.com/bibliography.htm). Women's Poetry of the 1930s: A Critical Anthology. Jane Dowson, ed. Routledge, 1966.

British and Irish poets. A biographical dictionary. . 2015.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Warner, Sylvia Townsend — ▪ British author born Dec. 6, 1893, Harrow, Middlesex, Eng. died May 1, 1978, Maiden Newton, Dorset       English writer who began her self proclaimed “accidental career” as a poet after she was given paper with a “particularly tempting surface”… …   Universalium

  • Sylvia Townsend Warner — (* 6. Dezember 1893 in Harrow on the Hill; † 1. Mai 1978) war eine britische Schriftstellerin und Musikwissenschaftlerin. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke 2.1 Romane …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sylvia Townsend Warner — Activités romancière Naissance 6 décembre 1893 Harrow on the Hill Décès 1 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sylvia Townsend Warner — Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner (December 6, 1893 May 1, 1978) was an English novelist and poet. LifeSylvia Townsend Warner was born at Harrow on the Hill, the only child of George Townsend Warner and his wife Eleanora (Nora) Hudleston. Her father… …   Wikipedia

  • Townsend — is a surname of Yorkshire and Norfolk origin. In English its meaning is a topographic name indicating residence at the extremity of a city or burgh (from Middle English touun ‘village’, ‘hamlet’, ‘stead’ + ende ‘end’.) The name is first… …   Wikipedia

  • Warner — can refer to: People * Albert Warner (1883 1967), one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios * Amelia Warner (b. 1982), British actress * Amy Warner (soccer) (b. 1981), soccer player who graduated from the University of Notre Dame * Arnie Warner …   Wikipedia

  • Warner (Familienname) — Warner ist als Vorname die friesische Form von Werner. Bekannte Namensträger Inhaltsverzeichnis A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Warner —   [ wɔːnə],    1) Charles Dudley, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * Plainfield (Massachusetts) 12. 9. 1829, ✝ Hartford (Connecticut) 20. 10. 1900; als Jurist, Journalist und ab 1861 als Herausgeber der Zeitschrift »Hartford Courant« tätig. Der für …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Traci Townsend — Infobox Film name = Traci Townsend director = Craig Ross, Jr. producer = Bobby Thompson Cheryl Bedford Fred Lewis Mark Holdom writer = Bobby Thompson narrator = starring = Jazsmin Lewis Mari Morrow Richard T. Jones Victor Williams Marlon Young… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der Biografien/War — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”