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Derwent May

Author of Critical Times: The History of the Times Literary Supplement

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Derwent May writes a popular column about birds, called Feather Report, in The Times every Saturday, and also contributes Nature Notes, a bulletin on what can be seen in the country, every Monday. He has been literary editor of the Sunday Telegraph and has published four novels as well as Critical show more Times, a history of the Times Literary Supplement show less

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Works by Derwent May

Critical Times: The History of the Times Literary Supplement (2001) 44 copies

Hannah Arendt (1986) 39 copies

Proust (1983) 26 copies

The Times A Year in Nature Notes (2004) 14 copies

Life on the Wing: A Bird Chronicle from the pages of The Times (2012) 10 copies

THE MUSIC OF WHAT HAPPENS: POEMS FROM THE LISTENER 1965-1980. (1981) 8 copies

Good talk; an anthology from BBC radio (1969) 4 copies

Robert Graves / prepared for the [Open University] Course Team by Derwent May. John Betjeman / prepared for the [Open Un (1976) 3 copies

The New Times Nature Diary (1995) 2 copies

Feather Reports: A Chronicle of Bird Life from the Pages of the "Times" (1996) 2 copies

The laughter in Djakarta (1973) 1 copy

New Stories 2 (1977) 1 copy

Hannah Arendt - Uma biografia 1 copy

How to Attract Birds to Your Garden (2001) 1 copy

A new introduction to English literature (1969) 1 copy

The Times Nature Diary (1984) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Return of the Native (1878) — Introduction, some editions — 8,741 copies, 101 reviews

Slightly Foxed 3: Sharks, Otters and Fast Cars (2004) — Contributor — 29 copies

Splinters (1968) — Contributor — 16 copies

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Canonical name: May, Derwent
Legal name: May, Derwent James
Other names: May, Derwent J.
Birthdate: 1930
Gender: male

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Works: 16
Also by: 3
Members: 158
Popularity: #133,025
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 27
Languages: 3
Favorited: 1

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