Llewelyn Powys

Llewelyn Powys (pronEng|ˌdʒɒn ˌkuːpɚ ˈpoʊɪs) (August 13, 1884 - December 2, 1939), was a British writer, a younger brother of John Cowper Powys and T. F. Powys.

Life

He was born in Dorchester, son of a Welsh clergyman, and was educated at Sherborne School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. While lecturing in the USA, he contracted tuberculosis. After his return in 1909, he travelled again, living for a while in Switzerland. His time in Africa, from 1914 to 1919 farming with his brother William in British East Africa near Gilgil which is now in Kenya, proved inspirational, as did many of his life experiences. Other writings included a novel, "Apples Be Ripe" (1930), and a biography of Henry Hudson (1927).

Works

*"Confessions of Two Brothers" (1916) with John Cowper Powys
*"Ebony and Ivory" (1923) autobiography
*"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" (Grey Bow Press)
*"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)
*"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 Llewelen Powys" (1943) edited by Louis Wilkinson
*"Swiss Essays" (1947)
*"Advice to a Young Man" (1949)
*"Llewelyn Powys: A Selection" (1952) edited by Kenneth Hopkins

Further reading

*Peter J. Foss (2007), "A Bibliography of Llewelyn Powys"

References

*Richard Heron Ward (1936) "The Powys Brothers"
*Malcolm Elwin (1946) "The Life of Llewelyn Powys"

External links

* [http://www.sundialpress.co.uk/Llewelyn%20Powys%20x.htm At Sundial Press]