Martin Boyd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Martin Boyd

novelist, autobiographer

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1893

Place of Birth: Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Date of Death: 03-Jun-1972

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Martin Boyd

  • Martin à Beckett Boyd (10 June 1893 – 3 June 1972) was an Australian writer born into the à Beckett–Boyd family, a family synonymous with the establishment, the judiciary, publishing and literature, and the visual arts since the early 19th century in Australia. Boyd was a novelist, memoirist and poet who spent most of his life after World War I in Europe, primarily Britain.
  • His work drew heavily on his own life and family, with his novels frequently exploring the experiences of the Anglo-Australian upper and middle classes.
  • His writing was also deeply influenced by his experience of serving in World War One. Boyd's siblings included the potter Merric Boyd (1888–1959), painters Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923) and Helen à Beckett Read, née Boyd (1903–1999).
  • He was intensely involved in family life and took a keen interest in the development of his nephews and nieces and their families, including potter Lucy Beck (b.
  • 1916), painter Arthur Boyd (1920–1999), sculptor Guy Boyd (1923–1988), painter David Boyd (1924–2011), painter Mary Nolan (1926–2016) – who was married to painters John Perceval and Sidney Nolan – and architect Robin Boyd (1919–1971).
  • His nephew Guy Boyd was his literary executor.

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