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Cressida Lindsay
Cressida Anne Lindsay (1930 - 13 November 2010) was an English poet and novelist in the 1960s. Early life Cressida Lindsay was born in London in 1930, the daughter of the writer Philip Lindsay (and a granddaughter of the Australian artist and writer Norman Lindsay) and the artist's model Jeanne Ellis. She was educated in London convents. Works Lindsay had poems published in Michael Horovitz's ''New Departures''. She wrote four novels, all published in the 1960s. *''Father's Gone to War and Mother's Gone to Pieces'' (Anthony Blond: 1963) *''No Wonderland'' (New English Library: 1965) *''No, John, No'' (Anthony Blond: 1966) *''Lovers and Fathers'' (Anthony Blond: 1969) After her death, her son Dylan Hyatt published a further novel, ''The Mole in the Mountain'', as an e-book on Amazon (2016). Personal life In the mid-1960s, Lindsay moved to the Old Rectory in Scoulton in Norfolk, to establish a commune for artists, one of whom was Joanna Carrington. She married twice, to Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Lindsay
Philip Lindsay (30 April 1906 – 4 January 1958) was an Australian writer, who mostly wrote historical novels. Life and writing He was the son of Norman Lindsay, an Australian artist and a younger brother of writer Jack Lindsay. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, and emigrated to England in 1929. Most of his novels were written whilst he lived in England. His daughter Cressida also became a novelist. His novels often treated his subject matter in a dark fashion, with his central characters depicted as brooding, depressed, or disturbed characters. They include: *''The Devil and King John'', influenced by Margaret Murray's ''The Divine King in England'', claims that lying behind John's clashes with the Church was that he had leanings towards the "Old Religion" of witchcraft (see witch-cult hypothesis). His first wife Hadwisa was an actual witch, who urged him to copy William Rufus and be sacrificed at the tree."Review: "The Devil and King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Lindsay
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his generation, Lindsay attracted both acclaim and controversy for his works, many of which infused the Australian landscape with erotic pagan elements and were deemed by his critics to be "anti-Christian, anti-social and degenerate". A vocal nationalist, he became a regular artist for '' The Bulletin'' at the height of its cultural influence, and advanced staunchly anti-modernist views as a leading writer on Australian art. When friend and literary critic Bertram Stevens argued that children like to read about fairies rather than food, Lindsay wrote and illustrated '' The Magic Pudding'' (1918), now considered a classic work of Australian children's literature. Apart from his creative output, Lindsay was known for his larrikin attitudes and pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Horovitz
Michael Yechiel Ha-Levi Horovitz (4 April 1935 – 7 July 2021) was a German-born British poet, editor, visual artist and translator who was a leading part of the Beat Poetry scene in the UK. In 1959, while still a student, he founded the "trail-blazing" literary periodical ''New Departures'', publishing experimental poetry, including the work of William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and many other American and British beat poets. Horovitz read his own work at the 1965 landmark International Poetry Incarnation, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, deemed to have spawned the British underground scene, when an audience of more than 6,000 came to hear readings by the likes of Ginsberg, Burroughs, Gregory Corso and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Characterised as an early champion of oral and jazz poetry, Horovitz in the following decades organised many "Live New Departures" events featuring poetry and jazz performances by a range of writers and musicians, including Adrian Mitchell and Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Departures
Michael Yechiel Ha-Levi Horovitz (4 April 1935 – 7 July 2021) was a German-born British poet, editor, visual artist and translator who was a leading part of the Beat Poetry scene in the UK. In 1959, while still a student, he founded the "trail-blazing" literary periodical ''New Departures'', publishing experimental poetry, including the work of William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and many other American and British beat poets. Horovitz read his own work at the 1965 landmark International Poetry Incarnation, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, deemed to have spawned the British underground scene, when an audience of more than 6,000 came to hear readings by the likes of Ginsberg, Burroughs, Gregory Corso and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Characterised as an early champion of oral and jazz poetry, Horovitz in the following decades organised many "Live New Departures" events featuring poetry and jazz performances by a range of writers and musicians, including Adrian Mitchell and Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New English Library
The New English Library was a United Kingdom book publishing company, which became an imprint of Hodder Headline. History New English Library (NEL) was created in 1961 by the Times Mirror Company of Los Angeles, with the takeover of two small British paperback companies, Ace Books Ltd and Four Square Books Ltd, as a complement to its 1960 acquisition of New American Library in the United States. NEL's top bestseller of the 1960s was ''The Carpetbaggers'' by Harold Robbins. The imprint was sold in 1981 to Hodder & Stoughton, and became part of the merged Hodder Headline in 1993. It has published genres such as fantasy, science fiction, mystery and suspense. They have published the works of Stephen King, Harold Robbins, James Herbert and science fiction authors have included Brian Aldiss, Frank Herbert, Robert A. Heinlein, Michael Moorcock and Christopher Priest. New English Library titles were particularly popular in the early 1970s, when hack writers were hired to work under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoulton
Scoulton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England, situated west of the city of Norwich and north-north-east of Thetford. The villages name means 'Skuli's farm/settlement' Scoulton lies on the main road between Norwich and the market town of Watton. Increasingly a dormitory for workers in Norwich's insurance and other service industries, it was traditionally agricultural, relying particularly on the production of sugar beet and on pig farming. It has a fine, partially thatched Saxon church. The civil parish has an area of Office for National Statistics, 2011. Population Density, 2011 (QS102EW) - Scoulton (Parish)'. Retrieved 27 June 2014. and in 2011 had a population of 246 in 99 households.Office for National Statistics, 2011. Household Composition, 2011 (KS105EW) - Scoulton (Parish)'. Retrieved 27 June 2014. The population is split between two main areas of settlement and a number of small, isolated farms. For the purposes of local governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Carrington
Joanna Carrington (6 November 1931-13 November 2003) was a British artist. Biography Carrington was born at Hampstead in north London into an artistic family, her father being the publisher and designer Noel Carrington while the artist Dora Carrington, who she never met, was an aunt. At the start of World War II, the family moved to Lambourn in Berkshire where her father worked on a farm and Joanna Carrington developed what would become a life-long love of the countryside. Aged seventeen she studied at the summer school in east Anglia run by Cedric Morris, who was greatly impressed by her talent for painting. Carrington then moved to Paris where she studied in the studio of Fernand Léger. Returning to England, Carrington studied at the Central School of Art and Design in London from 1949 to 1952, where she was taught by both Mervyn Peake and Keith Vaughan. While at the Central, Carrington won a Queen's Scholarship and was included in a group exhibition, ''Six Young Contemporari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hyatt
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Anthony Blond
Anthony Bernard Blond (20 March 1928 – 27 February 2008) was a British publisher and author, who was involved with several publishing companies over his career, including several he established himself, or in partnerships, from 1952. Biography Born in Sale, Cheshire, Blond was the elder son of Major Neville Blond CMG, OBE, who was a cousin of Harold Laski.Obituary: Anthony Blond '''', 1 March 2008. His mother was from a |
1930 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Writers
List of English writers lists writers in English, born or raised in England (or who lived in England for a lengthy period), who already have Wikipedia pages. References for the information here appear on the linked Wikipedia pages. The list is incomplete – please help to expand it by adding Wikipedia page-owning writers who have written extensively in any genre or field, including science and scholarship. Please follow the entry format. A seminal work added to a writer's entry should also have a Wikipedia page. This is a subsidiary to the List of English people. There are or should be similar lists of Irish, Scots, Welsh, Manx, Jersey, and Guernsey writers. This list is split into four pages due to its size: *List of English writers (A–C) * List of English writers (D–J) * List of English writers (K–Q) *List of English writers (R–Z) Entries may be accessed alphabetically from here via: See also *English literature *English novel *List of children's literature auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
