Walter Allen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Walter Allen

English literary critic and novelist

Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1911

Place of Birth: Aston, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1995

Profession: writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Walter Allen

  • Walter Ernest Allen (23 February 1911 – 28 February 1995) was an English literary critic and novelist and one of the Birmingham Group of authors.
  • He is best known for his classic study The English Novel: a Short Critical History (1951). He was born in Aston, Birmingham; he drew on his working-class roots for All in a Lifetime (1959), generally considered his best novel.
  • He was educated at King Edward's Grammar School and the University of Birmingham, graduating in 1932β€”his friends at that period included Henry Reed and Louis MacNeice. He taught and took numerous temporary academic positions.
  • In 1935, he was a Visiting Lecturer in English in University of Iowa, Iowa city; from 1955-56 he was Visiting Professor of English at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; from 1963-64 he was Visiting Professor of English, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, and in 1967 he was at University of Kansas, Lawrence, and University of Washington, Seattle.
  • He also worked in journalism, being at one time literary editor of the New Statesman; and was a broadcaster.
  • In 1967 he took a position as Professor of English Studies at the University of Ulster. Allen published many novels early in his career mostly dealing with life of the working class in England.
  • As I Walked down New Grub Street which accounts his meetings with prominent literary figures was published in 1982.
  • After a significant break from fiction-writing for 27 years he published Get Out Early in 1986.
  • He was known as an editor of George Gissing.
  • He wrote some poetry, which appeared in John Lehmann's publications in the 1940s.
  • He left much writing in manuscript.
  • He died in London.

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