Stephen Winsten

Stephen Winsten

Stephen Winsten (1893–1991) was the name adopted by Samuel Weinstein, one of the 'Whitechapel Boys' group of young Jewish men and future writers in London's East End in the years before World War I (the others were Isaac Rosenberg, John Rodker and Joseph Leftwich). He is now known for his works about George Bernard Shaw, and his life of Henry Salt.

He married the artist Clara Birnberg (1894–1989); they both became Quakers. She as Clare Winsten is known for some sculptures, including one of St. Joan in the garden of Shaw’s house in Ayot St Lawrence in Hertfordshire, where Shaw and the Winstens were neighbours. Stephen and Clara's daughter Ruth Harrison was known as a campaigner for animal rights. She married Lewis Yocum, a founder of the RSPCA.

Works

*"G.B.S. 90: Aspects of Bernard Shaw's Life and Work" (1946) editor
*"Days with Bernard Shaw" (1948)
*"Salt and His Circle" (1951) preface by Shaw
*"Shaw's Corner" (1952)
*"Jesting Apostle: The Private Life of Bernard Shaw" (1956)

External links

* [http://www.jewishquarterly.org/article.asp?articleid=21 Jewish Quarterly article on the Whitechapel Boys]


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