Eiluned Lewis

Eiluned Lewis (1900 – 1979) was a Welsh novelist, poet and journalist.

She was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire in Wales. She was educated at Levana School, Wimbledon, and Westfield College London. She had a long period of work on the "Sunday Times", becoming assistant editor. She wrote also for "Country Life" magazine, from 1944 to 1979.

She married in 1937 Graeme Hendrey and is survived by her daughter Katrina. Some of her books were written with her brother Peter. She was a friend of the novelist Charles Langbridge Morgan.

Works

*"Dew On The Grass" (1934)
*"December Apples" (1935) poems
*"The Land Of Wales" (1937) with Peter Lewis
*"The Captain's Wife" (1943)
*"Morning Songs and other poems" (1944)
*"In Country Places" (1951) collected "Country Life" magazine journalism
*"The Leaves of the Tree" (1953)
*"Honey Pots and Brandy Bottles" (1954)
*"Selected Letters of Charles Morgan" (1967) editor
*"The Old Home" (1981) memoirs
*"A Companionable Talent: stories, essays & recollections" (1996)

References

*Catherine Reilly (1984) "Chaos of the Night"