Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)
Author of Tarr
About the Author
Wydham Lewis: November 18, 1882 -- March 7, 1957 Distinguished and highly original, Wyndham Lewis was known for his sharp wit and sardonic insight. A modern master of satire, Lewis was born off the coast of Nova Scotia in his English father's yacht on November 18, 1882, and grew up in England with show more his mother. He was associated with Roger Fry and Ezra Pound on the vorticist magazine, Blast (1914--1915). Lewis served in France in World War I, and his dynamic paintings of war scenes soon gained him wide recognition for his art, now represented in the Tate Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. After the publication of his naturalistic novel Tarr (1918), he became prominent as a writer. His major work of fiction is The Human Age (1955--56). He also wrote Doom of Youth, The Hitler Cult, and The Jews, Are They Human? Lewis died in London on March 7, 1957. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Not to be confused with the humorist and biographer D. B. Wyndham-Lewis.
Series
Works by Wyndham Lewis
The Enemy, Volumes 1, 2, and 3 3 copies
The Mysterious Mr Bull 2 copies
Blast: Nos. 1 & 2 2 copies
On Straw And Other Conceits 1 copy
Movimentos Vorticistas 1 copy
Mixed lot. 1 copy
The Tyro No 2 1 copy
The code of a herdsman 1 copy
Crossing The Water 1 copy
Timon Of Athens 1 copy
Associated Works
Agenda : Wyndham Lewis special issue — Contributor — 6 copies
The Lion And The Fox: Art and Literary Works by Wyndham Lewis from the C.J. Fox Collection (2009) — Artist — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Lewis, Wyndham
- Legal name
- Lewis, Percy Wyndham
- Birthdate
- 1882-11-18
- Date of death
- 1957-03-07
- Burial location
- Cremated at Golders Green, London, England
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Place of death
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Paris, France - Education
- Rugby School
Slade School of Art - Occupations
- painter
novelist
editor
short-story writer
essayist
art critic (show all 12)
literary critic
official war artist for Canadian and British governments
second lieutenant (British Army)
teacher
playwright
travel writer - Relationships
- Pound, Ezra (friend)
Pound, Dorothy (friend)
Eliot, T. S. (friend)
Shakespear, Olivia (friend) - Organizations
- British Army Royal Artillery (second lieutenant)
Vorticism (co-founder)
BLAST (editor)
The Tyro (founder and editor)
The Enemy (founder and editor)
Assumption College, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (teacher) - Awards and honors
- Honorary doctorate, Leeds University (1952)
Retrospective Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery (2008)
Retrospective Exhibition, Rugby School (2007)
Retrospective Exhibition, Peggy Guggenheim Collection (2011)
Exhibition, Tate Gallery (1956) - Disambiguation notice
- Not to be confused with the humorist and biographer D. B. Wyndham-Lewis.
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Statistics
- Works
- 87
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 2,603
- Popularity
- #9,869
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 12
- ISBNs
- 178
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
- 18
- Touchstones
- 101
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