| First Name |
Last Name |
Bio | Gender | Occupation | Born | Died | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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E. M. |
Delafield |
Although best known for Diary of a Provincial Lady (1930), and its humorous portrait of a harassed, self-deprecating housewife, Delafield wore many other hats in her relatively short but busy life. |
Female | Biographer, Critic, Journalist, Novelist, Travel Writer | 19 June 1890 | 11 December 1943 |
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Charles |
Davies |
Charles Davies was a Welsh-born writer, poet, and lecturer. He was born in 1901 in Penclawdd, Glamorganshire. He began his studies at the University College, Aberystwyth. |
Male | Academic, Writer | 1901 | 1953 |
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Anna |
D. Whyte |
Little is known about the personal life of the enigmatic author Anna D. Whyte. Believed to be born in 1909 in New Zealand, many of her early and later years remain a mystery. |
Female | Novelist | 1909 | |
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Mrs |
Cartwright |
Mrs Cartwright worked at the Hogarth Press as a manager for five years between July 1925 and March 1930. Despite staying at the Press longer than most workers, she is hardly mentioned in either J.H. |
Female | Manager | ||
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Ivan |
Bunin |
The Bunin family lived in Voronezh until 1874 before moving to the family estate in Butyriki in the Oryol province of central Russia when Ivan was four years old. He lived here and was tutored by amateur artist and musician Nikolai Romashkov until August 1881 when he started school. |
Male | Writer | 1870 Oct 22nd | 1953 Nov 8th |
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Libby |
Benedict |
Libby Benedict (17 June 1903-15 January 1990) was a Jewish-American writer active during the pre- and post-World War II period. Dates of her birth and death seem to be accepted, but there are other confusions about parentage and name. |
Female | Journalist, Novelist, Short Story Writer, Translator | 1903 Jun 17th | 1990 Jan 15th |
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Julian |
Bell |
Julian Bell (1908-1937) was the elder son of Vanessa and Clive Bell and the nephew of Virginia Woolf. As such he literally grew up at the very heart of Bloomsbury. |
Male | Poet | 1908 Feb 4th | 1937 Jul 18th |
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Clive |
Bell |
Clive Bell was born in East Shefford, Berkshire on 16th September 1881. His parents were William Heward Bell and Hannah Taylor Cory. They had three other children: Cory and Lorna (elder) and Dorothy (younger). |
Male | Critic, Writer | 1881 | 1964 |
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John |
Banting |
John Banting was born in London in 1902. His father was a teacher and a bookbinder. Banting trained as a painter with Bernard Meninsky in London and at the free academies in Paris. As a young artist, he was influenced by Vorticism and later turned to Surrealism. His studio was in Fitzroy Squa |
Male | Artist, Book Illustrator | 1902 May 12th | 1972 Jan 30th |
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Francesca |
Allinson |
Francesca Allinson (known as Fresca) was born Enid Ellen Pulvermacher Allinson in 1902. She was the fifth child of early whole foods advocate Dr T.R. |
Female | Writer | 1902 Aug 20th | 1945 Apr 7th |
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Ahmed |
Ali |
Ahmed Ali was born on 1 July 1910 in Delhi, India. He was born to Syed Shujauddin, a civil servant, and Ahmad Kaniz Asghar Beg. Ali completed his primary schooling moving around different cities before enrolling at Aligarh Muslim University in 1926, where he first took a class in English poetry. |
Male | Academic, Critic, Diplomat, Novelist, Poet, Translator, Radio | 1 July 1910 | 14 January 1994 |
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Denis Liddell |
Ireland |
http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/printPerson/734 |
Male | Writer, Activist, Politician | 07/29/1894 | 09/23/1974 |
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Mulk Raj |
Anand |
Mulk Raj Anand (12 Dec. 1905- 28 Sept. 2004) was a prolific novelist, critic, cultural historian, and political activist whose career spanned several tumultuous eras in Indian history and crossed divides between cultures, castes, and continents. |
Male | 1905 Dec 12th | 2004 Sep 28th |
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