Llewelyn Powys
Llewelyn Powys | |
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Born | Dorchester, Dorset, England | 13 August 1884
Died | 2 December 1939 Clavadel, Switzerland | (aged 55)
Nationality | British |
Education | Sherborne School |
Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | Essayist, novelist |
Spouse |
(brother) |
Llewelyn Powys (13 August 1884 – 2 December 1939) was a British essayist,
Family
Powys was born in Dorchester, the son of the Reverend Charles Francis Powys (1843–1923), who was vicar of Montacute, Somerset for thirty-two years, and Mary Cowper Johnson, a granddaughter of Dr John Johnson, the cousin and friend of the poet William Cowper.
He came from a family of eleven children, many of whom were also talented. Two brothers
Life
He was educated at
In 1920 he went again to America to work as a
Gamel Woolsey met John Cowper Powys when she lived in Patchin Place, Greenwich Village, and, through him, his brother Llewelyn and his wife, Alyse Gregory. She and Alyse became friends for life, while with Llewelyn she had a passionate and painful love affair.[1] Woolsey left New York for England in 1929, settling in Dorset to be near Llewelyn, where she came to know the whole Powys family and their circle. Parting from Llewelyn in 1930, she married the historian and writer Gerald Brenan in a private ceremony, and they lived together, mainly in Spain, until her death.[2]
Powys traveled with his wife, paying visits to Mandatory Palestine (1928), the West Indies (1930) and Switzerland (1937). He died in Clavadel, Switzerland from complications related to an ulcer.[3]
His writings include a novel, Apples Be Ripe (1930), and a biography of Henry Hudson (1927). He was very friendly with Hamilton Rivers Pollock, Barrister, owner from 1928, of Urchfont Manor.
Rationalism
Powys identified as a rationalist and wrote articles critical of religion in freethought journals such as the Rationalist Annual and The Literary Guide.[4]
Bibliography
Works
- Confessions of Two Brothers (1916)
- Ebony and Ivory (1923) short stories, sketches
- Thirteen Worthies (1923) essays
- Honey and Gall (1924) autobiography
- Black Laughter (1925)
- Cup-Bearers of Wine and Hellebore (1924)
- Skin for Skin (1925) autobiography
- The Verdict of Bridlegoose (1926)
- Henry Hudson (1927)
- Out of the Past (1928)
- The Cradle of God (1929)
- The Pathetic Fallacy (1930)
- An Hour on Christianity (1930)
- Apples Be Ripe (1930)
- A Pagan's Pilgrimage (1931)
- Impassioned Clay (1931)
- The Life and Times of Anthony à Wood (1932)
- Now That The Gods Are Dead (1932)
- Glory of Life (1934)
- Earth Memories (1935)
- Damnable Opinions (1935)
- Dorset Essays (1935)
- The Twelve Months (1936)
- How I Became and why I Remain a Rationalist (1937)
- Somerset Essays (1937)
- Rats in the Sacristy (1937)
- The Book of Days (1937)
- Love and Death (1939)
- A Baker's Dozen (1940)
- Old English Yuletide (1940)
- The Letters of Llewelyn Powys (1943) edited by Louis Wilkinson
- Swiss Essays (1947)
- Advice to a Young Man (1949)
- Llewelyn Powys: A Selection (1952) edited by Kenneth Hopkins
Critical studies
- Elwin, Malcolm (1946), The Life of Llewelyn Powys
- Graves, Richard Percival, The Powys Brothers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984)
- Ward, Richard Heron (1936), The Powys Brothers
- Peter J. Foss (2007), A Bibliography of Llewelyn Powys
- Wilkinson, Louis (1943), The Letters of Llewelyn Powys
- Lee, Neil (2014),"Llewelyn Powys - The Man Behind the Myth" (New Age Poetry Press, 2014)
References
- ^ Kenneth Hopkins (Summer 1985). "Bertrand Russell and Gamel Woolsey". Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies. McMaster University: 50–58.
- ^ The Queen of Spain's Literary Past The Olive Press, October 15, 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ Malcolm Elwin (1953). The Life of Llewelyn Powys. Macdonald. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ^ Foss, Peter John. (1991). A Study of Llewelyn Powys: His Literary Achievement and Personal Philosophy. Edwin Mellen Press. p. 18
- ^ "Llewelyn Powys". powys-society.org. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
External links
- Sundial Press [1]
- The Powys Society [2]
- Works by or about Llewelyn Powys at Internet Archive
- Works by Llewelyn Powys at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Manuscripts and Book Collections relating to members of the Powys family at the University of Exeter