Ronald Blythe (1922–2023)
Author of Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village
About the Author
Ronald Blythe is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of the John Clare, Robert Kilvert and Robert Bloomfield Societies
Series
Works by Ronald Blythe
Components of the Scene: Stories, Poems and Essays of the Second World War (1966) — Editor — 15 copies
Selected Writings (English Library) 7 copies
John Nash's cats : six wood-engravings and two woodcuts accompanying The Nash cats' story by Ronald Blyth (2003) 4 copies
A Country Boy 1 copy
Shadows Of The Living 1 copy
Associated Works
THE PRIVATE DIARIES OF ALISON UTTLEY: Author of Little Grey Rabbit, Foreword by Ronald Blythe (2009) — Foreword — 14 copies
Cedric Morris: Artist Plantsman — Contributor — 5 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Blythe, Ronald George
- Other names
- Blythe, Ronnie (preferred name)
- Birthdate
- 1922-11-06
- Date of death
- 2023-01-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Acton, Suffolk, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Acton, Suffolk, England
Colchester, Essex, England (WWII)
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Debach, Suffolk, England (incl. 1967)
Wormingford, Essex, England (Bottengoms|1976-2023) - Education
- St Peter's and St Gregory's school, Sudbury, Suffolk, England, UK
- Occupations
- writer
editor
librarian
Lay Reader - Relationships
- Turner, James (friend)
Rodgers, W. R. (friend)
Kühlenthal, Christine (champion)
Highsmith, Patricia (friend)
Mabey, Richard (friend)
Macfarlane, Robert (friend) (show all 8)
Deakin, Roger (friend)
Collins, Ian (friend in Blythe's later years) - Organizations
- Colchester public library (reference librarian)
Church Times (weekly diary|'Word from Wormingford'|1993-2017)
St Edmundsbury Cathedral (lay canon) - Awards and honors
- Royal Society of Literature (Benson Medal|2006)
CBE (2017)
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Statistics
- Works
- 55
- Also by
- 14
- Members
- 1,811
- Popularity
- #14,204
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 27
- ISBNs
- 110
- Languages
- 3
- Favorited
- 6