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| - | '''The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 ''' is a list published by [[Times Online]] in 2008. It is a list of the best writers in [[Aftermath of World War II|post war]] British literature. | ||
| - | It includes such writers as [[Kingsley Amis]], [[Ted Hughes]], [[Ian McEwan]], [[V. S. Naipaul]], [[Muriel Spark]], [[Anthony Powell]], [[Kazuo Ishiguro]], [[Doris Lessing]], [[Philip Pullman]], [[John le Carré]], [[Angela Carter]], [[Martin Amis]], [[Hanif Kureishi]], [[Beryl Bainbridge]], [[William Golding]], [[John Fowles]], [[Iris Murdoch]], [[Michael Moorcock]], [[A. S. Byatt]], [[Anthony Burgess]], [[Iain Banks]], [[J. G. Ballard]], [[Philip Larkin]], [[Ian Fleming]], [[C. S. Lewis]], [[Mervyn Peake]], [[Salman Rushdie]] and [[Roald Dahl]]. | + | '''Anthony Dymoke Powell''' (pronounced in one syllable, as a [[homophone]] of "pole") [[Companion of Honour|CH]], [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (December 21, 1905–March 28, 2000) was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work ''[[A Dance to the Music of Time]]'', published between 1951 and 1975. |
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| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | ''[[A Dance to the Music of Time]]'', the twelve-volume series of novels: | ||
| + | *''[[A Question of Upbringing]]'' (1951) | ||
| + | *''[[A Buyer's Market]]'' (1952) | ||
| + | *''[[The Acceptance World]]'' (1955) | ||
| + | *''[[At Lady Molly's]]'' (1957) | ||
| + | *''[[Casanova's Chinese Restaurant]]'' (1960) | ||
| + | *''[[The Kindly Ones (novel)|The Kindly Ones]]'' (1962) | ||
| + | *''[[The Valley of Bones]]'' (1964) | ||
| + | *''[[The Soldier's Art]]'' (1966) | ||
| + | *''[[The Military Philosophers]]'' (1968) | ||
| + | *''[[Books Do Furnish a Room (novel)|Books Do Furnish a Room]]'' (1971) | ||
| + | *''[[Temporary Kings]]'' (1973) | ||
| + | *''[[Hearing Secret Harmonies]]'' (1975) | ||
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| + | '''Partial bibliography of other novels, plays, and works:''' | ||
| + | *''[[The Barnard Letters]]'' (1928) | ||
| + | *''[[Afternoon Men]]'' (1931) | ||
| + | *''[[Venusberg (novel)|Venusberg]]'' (1932) | ||
| + | *''[[From a View to a Death]]'' (1933) | ||
| + | *"The Watr'y Glade", in ''The Old School: Essays by Divers Hands'', ed. [[Graham Greene]] (1934) | ||
| + | *''[[Agents and Patients]]'' (1936) | ||
| + | *''[[What's Become of Waring]]'' (1939) | ||
| + | *''[[John Aubrey and His Friends]]'' (1948) | ||
| + | *''[[Two Plays: The Garden God, The Rest I'll Whistle]]'' (1971) | ||
| + | *''[[O, How the Wheel Becomes It!]]'' (1983) | ||
| + | *''[[The Fisher King (novel)|The Fisher King]]'' (1986) | ||
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| + | '''Memoirs''' | ||
| + | *''To Keep the Ball Rolling: Memoirs of Anthony Powell'' | ||
| + | *''vol. 1, [[Infants of the Spring]]'' (1976) | ||
| + | *''vol. 2, [[Messengers of Day]]'' (1978) | ||
| + | *''vol. 3, [[Faces in My Time]]'' (1980) | ||
| + | *''vol. 4, [[The Strangers All are Gone]]'' (1982) | ||
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| + | A one-volume abridgment, called simply ''To Keep the Ball Rolling'', was published in 1983. | ||
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| + | '''Diaries''' | ||
| + | *''Journals 1982-1986'' (1995) | ||
| + | *''Journals 1987-1989'' (1996) | ||
| + | *''Journals 1990-1992'' (1997) | ||
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Anthony Dymoke Powell (pronounced in one syllable, as a homophone of "pole") CH, CBE (December 21, 1905–March 28, 2000) was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975.
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Bibliography
A Dance to the Music of Time, the twelve-volume series of novels:
- A Question of Upbringing (1951)
- A Buyer's Market (1952)
- The Acceptance World (1955)
- At Lady Molly's (1957)
- Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (1960)
- The Kindly Ones (1962)
- The Valley of Bones (1964)
- The Soldier's Art (1966)
- The Military Philosophers (1968)
- Books Do Furnish a Room (1971)
- Temporary Kings (1973)
- Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975)
Partial bibliography of other novels, plays, and works:
- The Barnard Letters (1928)
- Afternoon Men (1931)
- Venusberg (1932)
- From a View to a Death (1933)
- "The Watr'y Glade", in The Old School: Essays by Divers Hands, ed. Graham Greene (1934)
- Agents and Patients (1936)
- What's Become of Waring (1939)
- John Aubrey and His Friends (1948)
- Two Plays: The Garden God, The Rest I'll Whistle (1971)
- O, How the Wheel Becomes It! (1983)
- The Fisher King (1986)
Memoirs
- To Keep the Ball Rolling: Memoirs of Anthony Powell
- vol. 1, Infants of the Spring (1976)
- vol. 2, Messengers of Day (1978)
- vol. 3, Faces in My Time (1980)
- vol. 4, The Strangers All are Gone (1982)
A one-volume abridgment, called simply To Keep the Ball Rolling, was published in 1983.
Diaries
- Journals 1982-1986 (1995)
- Journals 1987-1989 (1996)
- Journals 1990-1992 (1997)
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