On December 01, 1935 in Celtic History

Llewelyn powys, welsh writer, died

Llewelyn Powys, Welsh writer, died

Llewelyn Powys (13 August 1884 – 2 December 1939) was a British essayist, novelist and younger brother of John Cowper Powys and T. F. Powys.

Powys traveled with his wife, paying visits to Mandatory Palestine (1928), the West Indies (1930) and Switzerland (1937).

Death in Switzerland

He died on 2 December 1939, in Clavadel, Switzerland from complications related to an ulcer.

Rationalism

Powys identified as a rationalist and wrote articles critical of religion in freethought journals such as the Rationalist Annual and The Literary Guide.

Bibliography

Works

Confessions of Two Brothers (1916)

  • Ebony and Ivory (1923) short stories, sketches
  • 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 (1928)
  • 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)
  • How I Became and why I Remain a Rationalist (1937)
  • 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 Llewelyn Powys (1943) edited by Louis Wilkinson
  • Swiss Essays (1947)
  • Advice to a Young Man (1949)
  • Llewelyn Powys: A Selection (1952) edited by Kenneth Hopkins

Critical studies

  • Elwin, Malcolm (1946), The Life of Llewelyn Powys
  • Graves, Richard Percival, The Powys Brothers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984)
  • Ward, Richard Heron (1936), The Powys Brothers
  • Peter J. Foss (2007), A Bibliography of Llewelyn Powys
  • Wilkinson, Louis (1943), The Letters of Llewelyn Powys
  • Lee, Neil (2014),“Llewelyn Powys - The Man Behind the Myth” (New Age Poetry Press, 2014)

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