Powell,Anthony

Powell,Anthony
Powell, Anthony. Born 1905.
British writer best known for A Dance to the Music of Time (1951-1975), a cycle of 12 satirical novels.

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  • Powell, Anthony — ▪ British author in full  Anthony Dymoke Powell   born December 21, 1905, London, England died March 28, 2000, near Frome, Somerset       English novelist, best known for his autobiographical and satiric 12 volume series of novels, A Dance to the …   Universalium

  • Powell, Anthony Dymoke — ▪ 2001       British writer (b. Dec. 21, 1905, London, Eng. d. March 28, 2000, near Frome, Somerset, Eng.), was the author of one of the most highly regarded post World War II literary creations, the 12 volume series A Dance to the Music of Time… …   Universalium

  • Powell, Anthony (Dymoke) — born Dec. 21, 1905, London, Eng. died March 28, 2000, near Frome, Somerset British novelist. He published his first novel, Afternoon Men (1931), while working in a London publishing house. He worked in journalism and served in World War II before …   Universalium

  • Powell, Anthony (Dymoke) — (21 dic. 1905, Londres, Inglaterra–28 mar. 2000, cerca de Frome, Somerset). Novelista británico. Publicó su primera novela, Afternoon Men [Hombres de la tarde] (1931), mientras trabajaba en una editorial en Londres. Trabajó como periodista y… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Powell, Anthony —  (1905–2000) British novelist; pronounced pole …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • Anthony Powell — Anthony Dymoke Powell, CH, CBE (December 21, 1905 ndash;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. According to his memoirs, Powell rhymes with… …   Wikipedia

  • Anthony Dymoke Powell — (* 21. Dezember 1905 in London; † 28. März 2000 in Frome, Somerset) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Literaturkritiker. Powell besuchte das Eton College in Eton und studierte in Oxford. Unter seinen Altersgenossen waren Evelyn Waugh, Henry… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • POWELL (A.) — POWELL ANTHONY (1905 ) Surtout connu comme un romancier abondant et satirique à ses débuts, écrivant à la manière de Ronald Firbank et de Waugh. Les premières œuvres d’Anthony Powell (Afternoon Men , 1931; Venusberg , 1932; Agents and Patients ,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Anthony Powell — [Anthony Powell] (1905–2000) an English writer and critic, best known for his series of twelve novels ↑A Dance to the Music of Time in which a writer, Nicholas Jenkins, describes the lives of a group of upper class English characters from the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Powell — Powell, Cecil Frank Powell, Colin Luther * * * (as used in expressions) Baden Powell (de Gilwell), Robert Stephenson Smyth, 1 barón Hubble, Edwin P(owell) Lear, William Powell Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. Powell, Anthony (Dymoke) Powell, Bud Earl… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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