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Henry Green was the nom de plume of Henry Vincent Yorke[1] (October 29, 1905-December 13, 1973), an English author who is famous for writing Loving, which is featured by Time in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005 list. A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Loving is a 1945 Novel by British writer Henry Green. ''Time'' magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and [2]

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Biography

Green was born near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, into an educated family with successful business interests. Tewkesbury (ˈtjuːksbri is a Town in Gloucestershire, England. History See also History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a historic county mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the 10th century His father was a wealthy landowner and industrialist in Birmingham. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um His mother was a daughter of the second Baron Leconfield. Baron Leconfield, of Leconfield in the East Riding of the County of York is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [3] Green grew up in Gloucestershire and attended Eton College, where he wrote most of his first novel, Blindness. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. He then went to Oxford University, which he left in 1926 without taking a degree, as he did not sit for his examination. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [4] Green was also a schoolmate of Anthony Powell and Evelyn Waugh. Anthony Dymoke Powell, CH, CBE (December 21 1905&ndashMarch 28 2000 was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and [5]

After leaving school, he came back to Birmingham to engage in his family business. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um He started by working with the ordinary workers on the factory floor of his family's factory which produced beer-bottling machines, and later became the managing director there. During this time he gained the experience to write Living, his second novel, which is written during 1927-1928. Living is a 1929 novel by Henry Green. It is a work of sharp social satire documenting the lives of Birmingham factory workers in the Interwar [6] He served as a fireman at Auxiliary Fire Service during World War II. The Auxiliary Fire Service ( AFS) was first formed in 1938 in Great Britain as part of Civil Defence Air raid precautions. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including [3] Green was married to Dig, who came from Adelaide, and had a son. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a [3]

In 1940, Green published Pack My Bag, which he regarded as a nearly-accurate autobiography. [7] In his later years, Green became increasingly focused on studies of the Ottoman Empire. Green's novels are often described as being, with those of Virginia Woolf, among the most important works of English modernist literature. (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost Modernist literature is the literary form of Modernism and especially High modernism; it should not be confused with modern literature, which is the history [8] Green stopped his writing career in 1952, after releasing nine novels and a memoir. [1] In 1993, a collection of previously unpublished works; Surviving: The Uncollected Writings of Henry Green were released, edited by grandson Matthew Yorke and published by Viking Press. Matthew Yorke (born November 24, 1958 to Emma Tennant and Sebastian Yorke is a British novelist and editor Viking Press is an American Publishing company currently owned by Penguin Books. [3]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b Loving - ALL-TIME 100 Novels - TIME
  2. ^ The Complete List | TIME Magazine - ALL-TIME 100 Novels
  3. ^ a b c d "Reading Henry Green," by Brooke Allen, from The New Criterion]
  4. ^ Molten Treasure - TIME
  5. ^ Romancing: The Life and Work of Henry Green - Review | Insight on the News | Find Articles at BNET.com
  6. ^ Sebastian Faulks on Henry Green | Review | guardian.co.uk Books
  7. ^ http://www.theparisreview.org/media/GREEN.pdf
  8. ^ Romancing: The Life and Work of Henry Green by Jeremy Treglown

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Books

Romancing: The Life and Work of Henry Green by Jeremy Treglown ISBN 0-571-16898-1

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