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Ronald George Blythe (born 6 November 1922)"Dr Ronald Blythe"
''
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''. Retrieved 6 November 2012. is an English writer, essayist and editor, best known for his work ''Akenfield'' (1969), an account of agricultural life in
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from the
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to the 1960s. He wrote a long-running and considerably praised weekly column in the ''
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'' entitled "Word from Wormingford"."In praise of … Ronald Blythe"
''The Guardian'', 5 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.


Family background and early life

Blythe was born in
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; he was to be the eldest of six children. His father, who had seen action in the
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at
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and in
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, came from generations of East Anglian farmers and farm workers. His mother was from London and had worked as a
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nurse during the war."Desert Island Discs: Ronald Blythe"
''
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'', 15 April 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2012.Mount, Harry
"Rural idol: Ronald Blythe, author of Akenfield, at 90"
''
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'', 13 October 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012. Blythe can remember as a child seeing the
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being farmed by men in army
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s and
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. He was educated at St Peter's and St Gregory's school in
Sudbury, Suffolk Sudbury (, ) is a market town in the south west of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour near the Essex border, north-east of London. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 13,063. It is the largest town in the Babergh local government ...
,"Ronald George Blythe, Honorary Doctor of Letters: Bio"
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, 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2012. and grew up exploring churches, architecture, plants and books. He was, he said, "a chronic reader", immersing himself in French literature and writing poetry.Barkham, Patrick
"A life in writing: Ronald Blythe"
''The Guardian'', 21 October 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2012.


Early cultural connections

Blythe briefly served during the
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House, Christian
"Ronald Blythe: My not so quiet village life"
''
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'', 11 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012. and spent the ten years up to 1954 working as a reference librarian in
Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...
, where he founded the Colchester Literary Society. Through his work at the library he met Christine Nash; she was looking for the score of ''
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''. Christine Nash introduced Blythe to her husband, the artist John Nash, inviting him to their house, Bottengoms Farm near
Wormingford Wormingford is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. The ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the River Stour, north- west of Colchester and south-east of Sudbury, Suffolk, covered 2,322 acres (929 hectares). The Stour ...
on the border of
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and Suffolk; he visited first in 1947. She later encouraged his ambitions to be a writer, finding him a small house on the Suffolk coast near
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. For three years in the late 1950s Blythe worked for
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at the
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, editing programmes and doing pieces of translation. He met
E. M. Forster Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author, best known for his novels, particularly ''A Room with a View'' (1908), ''Howards End'' (1910), and ''A Passage to India'' (1924). He also wrote numerous short stori ...
, was briefly involved with
Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novel ...
, spent time with the Nashes, and was part of the
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world associated with the artists of the
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at Benton End near Hadleigh, run by
Cedric Morris Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris, 9th Baronet (11 December 1889 – 8 February 1982) was a British artist, art teacher and plantsman. He was born in Swansea in South Wales, but worked mainly in East Anglia. As an artist he is best known for his portra ...
and
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. "I was a poet but I longed to be a painter like the rest of them," Blythe told ''
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''. "What I basically am is a listener and a watcher. I absorb, without asking questions, but I don't forget things, and I was inspired by a lot of these people because they worked so hard and didn't make a fuss. They just lived their lives in a very independent and disciplined way."


Career as a writer

In 1960 Blythe published his first book, ''A Treasonable Growth'', a novel set in the Suffolk countryside. ''The Age of Illusion'', a collection of essays exploring the social history of life in England between the wars, appeared in 1963. That book led to his being asked to edit a series of classics for the
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, beginning with
Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...
's ''
Emma Emma may refer to: * Emma (given name) Film * Emma (1932 film), ''Emma'' (1932 film), a comedy-drama film by Clarence Brown * Emma (1996 theatrical film), ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow * Emma (1996 TV film), '' ...
'' and continuing with work by
William Hazlitt William Hazlitt (10 April 177818 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English lan ...
,
Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Word ...
and
Henry James Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...
."Ronald George Blythe, Honorary Doctor of Letters: Citation"
Anglia Ruskin University, 2001. Retrieved 7 November 2012. There were short stories and book reviews, and Blythe later prepared a number of
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, including ''The Pleasure of Diaries'' (1989) and ''Private Words: Letters and Diaries from the Second World War'' (1991). In 1969 he published ''Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village'', a fictionalised account of life in a Suffolk village from 1880 to 1966. Blythe had spent the winter of 1966–7 listening to three generations of his neighbours in the Suffolk villages of
Charsfield Charsfield is a small Suffolk village of 250 residents, from Wickham Market, from Woodbridge and from Ipswich and is located near the villages of Debach and Dallinghoo. A civil parish in East Anglia, Charsfield was famously used as one of ...
and
Debach Debach is a small village about four miles northwest of Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK. History At the time of the Domesday Book, 1086, it was called Debenbeis or Debeis, Depebecs, Debec or Debes and located in the Hundred of Wilford. The book lists t ...
, recording their views on education, class, welfare, religion, farming and death.McCarthy, Michael
"My chance to worship at the feet of the great nature writer Ronald Blythe"
''The Independent'', 24 October 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012."Honorary Graduates, Orations and responses: Ronald Blythe"
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, 12 July 2002. Retrieved 6 November 2012. 'Akenfield' is a made-up placename based partly upon
Akenham Akenham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in Eastern England. Located on the northwestern edge of Ipswich, in 2005 it had an estimated population of 60. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100 ...
(a small village just north of
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) and probably partly on Charsfield. "When I wrote Akenfield," Blythe said, "I had no idea that anything particular was happening, but it was the last days of the old traditional rural life in Britain. And it vanished." The book is regarded as a classic of its typePritchett, V.S
"Finite Variety" (requires subscription)
''
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'', 8 November 1979. Retrieved 7 November 2012. and was made into a film, ''Akenfield'', by Peter Hall in 1974.Hall, Peter
"My dirty weekends"
''
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'', 20 November 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2012. When the film was aired it attracted fifteen million viewers; Blythe made an appearance as the vicar. "I actually haven't worked on this land but I've seen the land ploughed by horses," Blythe told ''
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'' in 2011. "So I have a feeling and understanding in that respect – of its glory and bitterness." In the 1970s Blythe nursed John Nash in ill health. His book ''The View in Winter'' is a consideration of old age. In 1977 Blythe inherited Bottengoms Farm from Nash, who had bought the Elizabethan yeoman's house in 1944.Parker, Peter
"At the Yeoman's House and At Helpston by Ronald Blythe: review"
''
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'', 23 December 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2012. He later published a book, ''First Friends'' (1999), based on a trunk of letters he found in the house that recorded the friendship between the Nash brothers, John's future wife, Christine Külenthal, and the artist
Dora Carrington Dora de Houghton Carrington (29 March 1893 – 11 March 1932), known generally as Carrington, was an English painter and decorative artist, remembered in part for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytton ...
. His life at Bottengoms and the landscape around his home became the subject of Blythe's long-running column, "Word from Wormingford", in the ''
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'' from 1993 to 2017. These meditative reflections on literature, history, the
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, and the natural world were subsequently collected together in a number of books, including ''A Parish Year'' (1998) and ''A Year at Bottengoms Farm'' (2006). A compilation of his work, ''Aftermath: Selected Writings 1960–2010'', appeared in 2010. Blythe continues to live and work at Bottengoms. He has never learned to drive and does not use a computer. He turned 100 on 6 November 2022.


Positions and awards

Blythe is a
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in the
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and a lay canon at
St Edmundsbury Cathedral St Edmundsbury Cathedral (formally entitled the Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund) is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in ...
in
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. He is a fellow of the
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and has been president of the John Clare Society since its foundation. His book, ''At Helpston'', is a series of essays on the poet
John Clare John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th ce ...
. In 2006 Blythe was awarded a
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for lifelong achievement by the
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. Blythe was appointed
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(CBE) in the
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for services to literature.


Partial bibliography


Works as author

*''A Treasonable Growth'' (MacGibbon & Kee, 1960) - fiction *''Immediate Possession and other stories'' (MacGibbon & Kee, 1961) - fiction *''The Age of Illusion: England in the Twenties and Thirties, 1919-1940'' (Hamish Hamilton, 1963) - republished by
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, 2015 *''Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village'' (Allen Lane, 1969) - republished by The Folio Society, 2002 *''The View in Winter: Reflections on Old Age'' (Allen Lane, 1979) *''From the Headlands'' (Chatto & Windus, 1982) *''The Stories of Ronald Blythe'' (Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Press, 1985) *''Divine Landscapes: A Pilgrimage through Britain's Sacred Places'' (Viking, 1986) - with photos by Edwin Smith *''England: The Four Seasons'' (Pavilion Books, 1993) - photos by Michael Busselle *''Word from Wormingford: A Parish Year'' (Viking, 1997) *''Going to Meet George and other outings'' (Long Barn Books, 1999) *''First Friends: Paul and Bunty, John and Christine - and Carrington'' (Viking, 1999) *''Talking About John Clare'' (Trent Editions, 1999) *''Out of the Valley: Another Year at Wormingford'' (Viking, 2000) *''The Circling Year: Perspectives from a Country Parish'' (Canterbury Press, 2001) - with Robin Tanner *''Talking to the Neighbours: Conversations from a Country Church'' (Canterbury Press, 2002) - illustrated by Mary Newcomb *''A Country Boy. Seven Short Stories'' (Tern Press, 2004) - with Nicholas Parry *''The Assassin'' (Black Dog Books, 2004) - fiction *''Borderland: Continuity and Change in the Countryside'' (Black Dog Books, 2005 & Canterbury Press, 2007) *''The Writer's Day-Book'' (Trent Editions, 2006) *''A Year at Bottengoms Farm'' (Canterbury Press, 2006) *''Field Work: Selected Essays'' (Black Dog Books, 2007) *''River Diary'' (Canterbury Press, 2008) *''Outsiders: A Book of Garden Friends'' (Black Dog Books, 2008) *''The Bookman's Tale'' (Canterbury Press, 2009) *''Aftermath: Selected Writings 1960-2010'' (Black Dog Books, 2010) *''At Helpston: Meetings with John Clare'' (Black Dog Books, 2011) *''At the Yeoman's House'' (Enitharmon Press, 2011) *''Village Hours'' (Canterbury Press, 2012) *''Under a Broad Sky'' (Canterbury Press, 2013) *''The Time by the Sea: Aldeburgh 1955-58'' (Faber & Faber, 2013) *''Decadal'' (Enitharmon Press, 2014) - poetry *''In the Artist's Garden: A Journal from Wormingford'' (Canterbury Press, 2015) *''Stour Seasons: A Wormingford Book of Days'' (Canterbury Press, 2016) *''Forever Wormingford'' (Canterbury Press, 2017)


Works as editor

*''Emma'' by Jane Austen (Penguin, 1966) -
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edition *''Components of the Scene: Stories, Poems, and Essays of the Second World War'' (Penguin, 1966) - republished as ''Writing in a War: Stories, Poems, and Essays of the Second World War'' (Penguin, 1982) *''Selected Writings'' by William Hazlitt (Penguin, 1970) - Penguin Classics edition *''Aldeburgh Anthology'' (Snape Maltings Foundation/Faber Music, 1972) *''Far From the Madding Crowd'' by Thomas Hardy (Penguin, 1979) - Penguin Classics edition *''Places: An Anthology of Britain'' (Oxford University Press, 1981) *''The Awkward Age'' by Henry James (Penguin, 1987) - Penguin Classics edition *''Each Returning Day: The Pleasure of Diaries'' (Viking, 1989) - published in USA as ''The Pleasures of Diaries: Four Centuries of Private Writing'' (Pantheon, 1989) *''Private Words: Letters and Diaries from the Second World War'' (Viking, 1991)


Portraits of Blythe

The National Portrait Gallery has two portraits"Ronald George Blythe (1922-), Writer"
at National Portrait Gallery. of Ronald Blythe, a 2005 C-type print by Mark Gerson and a 1990 bromide print by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies. A 2014 terracotta head by
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is featured in his 2015 collection of poems ''Decadal''.


References


External links


Bibliography (to 2000)
* Archival Material at
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