E. M. Delafield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

E. M. Delafield

English writer, diarist

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1890

Place of Birth: Steyning, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Dec-1943

Profession: writer, playwright, author, journalist, novelist, short story writer, diarist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture (9 June 1890 – 2 December 1943), commonly known as E.
M.
Delafield, was a prolific English author.
She is best known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle class Englishwoman living mostly in a Devon village of the 1930s.
In sequels, the Provincial Lady buys a flat in London, travels to America and attempts to find war-work during the Phoney War.
E.M.Delafield's other works include an account of a visit to the Soviet Union, but this is not part of the Provincial Lady series, despite being reprinted with the title The Provincial Lady in Russia.