Alethea Hayter (1911–2006)

Author of Opium and the Romantic Imagination

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Opium and the Romantic Imagination 33 copies
A Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846 20 copies
The wreck of the Abergavenny 6 copies
A Voyage in Vain: Coleridge's Journey to Malta in 1804 5 copies
Charlotte Yonge (Writers and their Work) 1 copy
Horatio's version 1 copy

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Date of birth

1911-11-07

Date of death

2006-01-10

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female

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England

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Birthplace

Cairo, Egypt

Place of death

Places of residence

Cairo, Egypt

London, England, UK

Paris, France

Education

Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall)

Downe House School, Berkshire, England

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Society of Authors (member ∙ Committee of Management)

Old Vic and Sadlers' Wells Theatres (member ∙ Board of Governors)

Awards and honors

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1962)

Order of the British Empire (Officer ∙ 1970)

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