Anthony Powell (1) (1905–2000)
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Anthony Powell was born on December 21, 1905 in Westminster, England and was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1926 he became an editor at Duckworth & Co. and later moved on to be a scriptwriter for Warner Brothers. By 1937 he was a regular contributor to The Spectator and vis mere the Daily Telegraph. From 1953-1959 Powell was the Literary Editor of Punch. His first book, The Barnard Letter, was published in 1928 and his first novel, Afternoon Men, was published in 1931. In 1951 Powell published A Question of Upbringing, which was the first of the 12-novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time. In 1975 he published Hearing Secret Harmonies, which was the last novel of the sequence. Powell wrote Infants of the Spring, which is part of To Keep the Ball Rolling, his memoirs. He also published The Fisher King in 1986. Anthony Powell died peacefully at his home, The Chantry, aged 94 on March 28, 2000. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Serier
Værker af Anthony Powell
A Dance to the Music of Time: Vol. 2 - (From the 1st & 2nd Movements) [Audio Cassette] (1996) 7 eksemplarer
A Dance to the Music of Time: Vol. 1 - (From the 1st Movement) [Audio Cassette] (1996) 3 eksemplarer
The Acceptance of Absurdity: Anthony Powell & Robert Vanderbilt Letters 1952-1963 (2011) 3 eksemplarer
Likes and dislikes 1 eksemplar
A Dance to the Music of Time: Vol. 6 - (From The 4th Movement) [audio cassette] (From The 4th Movement) (1996) 1 eksemplar
Anthony Powell on Wine 1 eksemplar
Powell Anthony 1 eksemplar
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Complete Ronald Firbank (1961) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver; Introduktion, nogle udgaver — 90 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Powell, Anthony
- Juridisk navn
- Powell, Anthony Dymoke
- Fødselsdato
- 1905-12-21
- Dødsdag
- 2000-03-28
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- London, England, UK
- Dødssted
- Frome, Somerset, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Belfast, Northern Ireland - Uddannelse
- Balliol College, University of Oxford (BA|1926)
Eton College - Erhverv
- novelist
publisher
soldier - Relationer
- Pakenham, Frank (brother-in-law)
Waugh, Evelyn (friend)
Powell, Lady Violet (wife)
Pakenham, Edward (brother-in-law)
Clive, Mary (sister-in-law)
Lamb, Lady Pansy (sister-in-law) - Organisationer
- Hypocrites Club, Oxford
Welch Regiment (WWII) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Order of the Companions of Honour (1988)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1956)
offered knighthood in 1973; declined
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary - Literature, 1977) - Kort biografi
- Anthony Dymoke Powell CH, CBE was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975.
Powell's major work has remained in print continuously and has been the subject of TV and radio dramatisations. In 2008, The Times newspaper named Powell among their list of 'The 50 Greatest British Writers since 1945'.
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