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Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon (1940–49) and wrote Enemies of Promise (1938), which combined literary criticism with an autobiographical exploration of why he failed to become the successful author of ...
- Enemies of Promise
Enemies of Promise is a critical and autobiographical work...
- The Unquiet Grave (book)
The Unquiet Grave is a literary work by Cyril Connolly...
- Enemies of Promise
Cyril Connolly (born September 10, 1903, Coventry, Warwickshire, England—died November 26, 1974, London) was an English critic, novelist, and man of letters, founder and editor of Horizon, a magazine of contemporary literature that was a major influence in Britain in its time (1939–50).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Enemies of Promise is a critical and autobiographical work by English writer Cyril Connolly published in 1938, later enlarged when it was first reprinted in 1948. Together with The Unquiet Grave (1944), it is one of the two books for which the author is mainly remembered.
- Cyril Connolly
- 1938
The Rock Pool is a novel written by Cyril Connolly, first published in 1936. It is Connolly's only novel and is set at the end of season in a small resort in the south of France. Connolly's main character, Naylor, starts with a study of the decadent inhabitants of the resort and ends up becoming one of them.
- Cyril Connolly
- 1936
The Unquiet Grave is a literary work by Cyril Connolly written in 1944 under the pseudonym Palinurus. It comprises a collection of aphorisms, quotes, nostalgic musings and mental explorations.Together with Enemies of Promise (1938), it is one of the two books for which the author is mainly remembered. [1]
- Cyril Connolly
- 1944
May 18, 2018 · A British novelist and literary and social critic, Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) is best known for two works which combine criticism with autobiography, Enemies of Promise (1938) and The Unquiet Grave (1944).
Cyril Vernon Connolly (* 10. September 1903 in Coventry, England; † 26. November 1974 in London, England) war ein britischer Schriftsteller, Literaturkritiker und Journalist
