Lilian Bowes Lyon
Lilian Helen Bowes Lyon (23 December 1895 – 25 July 1949) was a British poet.
Biography
Born 23 December 1895[1] at Ridley Hall, Northumberland. She was the youngest daughter of the Honourable Francis Bowes-Lyon, son of the 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Her mother was Lady Anne Lindsay, daughter of the 25th Earl of Crawford.[2] Lilian was a first cousin of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who later became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
During the First World War, Bowes Lyon helped at
convalescence home
for soldiers. Her brother Charles Bowes Lyon was killed in the war on 23 October 1914, inspiring her poem "Battlefield" which was later published in Bright Feather Fading.
After the Great War, Bowes Lyon studied for a time at the
The London Mercury, The Lyric (USA), The Observer, Orion, Punch, The Spectator, Time and Tide and "Poetry" (USA).[5]
During the Second World War, Bowes Lyon moved to the
Tilbury Docks unofficial air raid shelter and assisted with nursing the injured.[6]
She had several amputations due to
University of Durham, were published in "Uncollected Poems" by Tragara Press.[7]
She died on 25 July 1949.
Works
- The Buried Stream (Jonathan Cape, 1929) novel
- Under the Spreading Tree (Jonathan Cape, 1931) novel as D J Cotman
- The White Hare (Jonathan Cape, 1934) poems
- Bright Feather Fading (Jonathan Cape, 1936) poems
- Tomorrow is a Revealing (Jonathan Cape, 1941) poems
- Evening in Stepney (Jonathan Cape, 1943) poems[8]
- A Rough Walk Home (Jonathan Cape, 1946) poems
- Collected Poems (Jonathan Cape, 1948)
- Uncollected Poems (Tragara Press, 1981)
References
- ^ Lilian Bowes Lyon's birth certificate states 23 December, however, her Death Notice in the Times incorrectly stated 22 December and this latter, incorrect date has been widely quoted
- ^ "Person Page".
- ^ Peter F Alexander’s biography of William Plomer Oxford University Press
- ^ J D F Jones’s Biography of Laurens van der Post
- ^ List of magazines published in taken from individual poetry collections
- ^ Lilian Bowes Lyon article by Howard Watson at Oldpoetry.com
- ^ Tragara Press archives at the National Library of Scotland
- ^ The book includes 7 poems as follows: Evening in Stepney; Death in Summer; Oxford in November; The Small Hours; Industrial City by Moonlight; Man; A Hand.
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