The Selected Works of Cyril Connolly Volume Two by Cyril Connolly

The Selected Works of Cyril Connolly Volume Two by Cyril Connolly

`The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence

Cyril Connolly was born in Coventry in 1903 and educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford. He began reviewing for the New Statesman in 1927 and continued to write there, intermittently, over the next twenty years. He also wrote for the Architectural Review (1932-34) and the Daily Telegraph (1935-36), among other publications. His first book, and only completed novel, The Rock Pool , was published in 1935. In 1939, with Peter Watson and Stephen Spender, he founded the literary magazine Horizon, which he edited until closing it in 1950. From 1942 to 1943 he was also the literary editor of the Observer. In 1951 he joined the staff of the Sunday Times and was a lead book reviewer there until his death in 1974.Cyril Connolly was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1947, a CBE and Companion of Literature in 1972, and an Honorary Member of the American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1974.

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ISBN 13	9780330486019
ISBN 10	0330486012
Title	The Selected Works of Cyril Connolly Volume Two
Author	Cyril Connolly
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2003-11-07
Number of pages	400
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