biography
pronunciation:
[powis]
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| lived:
| (1872–1963)
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| biography:
| Writer and critic, born in Shirley, Derbyshire, C England, UK, the brother of Llewelyn and Theodore Francis Powys. He studied at Cambridge, then worked as a teacher and lecturer, much of the time in the USA. He wrote poetry and essays, but is best known for his long novels on West Country and historical themes, such as A Glastonbury Romance (1932) and Owen Glendower (1940). His Autobiography was published in 1934. |
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