Sylvia Lynd ( Dryhurst; 1888 – 21 February 1952) was an Anglo-Irish poet, essayist, short story writer and novelist. She was born in London but both of her parents, A.R. Dryhurst and her mother, the suffragist writer

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( Robinson) were

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ers.

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. From 1904 to 1906, Lynd studied at the

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, later moving on to the

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. Around this time, she was associated with the Inghinidhe na hÉireann, an Irish nationalist women’s organisation. In 1908, a monthly magazine was produced, Bean na hÉireann, which sought to discuss topics such as politics, the vote for women, language, and labour issues. Lynd edited the first issue before returning to England and

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took it over.Biography of Sylvia Lynd
reading.ac.uk. Accessed 21 April 2022. In 1909, she married a journalist and

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Robert Wilson Lynd Robert Wilson Lynd (''Irish: Roibéard Ó Floinn''; 20 April 1879 – 6 October 1949) was an Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist, socialist and Irish nationalist. Early life He was born in Belfast to Robert John Lynd, a P ...

, whom she had met at the London Gaelic League four years earlier. Born in Belfast to a Presbyterian minister, Robert Lynd wrote for ''The Northern Whig'' and later became a literary editor for the ''Daily News'' (later known as ''News Chronicle'') and a columnist for ''

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''. They lived in

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, London for many years and had two daughters, Máire and Sigle. Sylvia Dryhurst Lynd died in 1952, aged 63.

Works

*''The Chorus'' (1916) novel *''The Thrush and the Jay'' (1916) Constable, essays and poems *''The Goldfinches'' (1920) poems *''The Swallowdive'' (1921) novel *''The Mulberry Bush'' (1925) short stories *''The Yellow Placard'' (1931), Gollancz, poems *''The Christmas Omnibus'' (1932), Gollancz (editor) *''The Enemies'' (1934), Dent, poems *''English Children'' (1942), Britain in Pictures series, William Collins *''Selected Poems of Sylvia Lynd'' (1945), Macmillan

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* 1888 births 1952 deaths English women poets 20th-century English poets 20th-century English women writers English people of Irish descent 20th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish nationalists Date of birth unknown {{UK-writer-stub