Cyril Connolly

Cyril Connolly was a British literary critic, writer and novelist (1903–1974). He was born at Coventry and died at London.

Also recorded as Cyril Vernon Connolly.

Cyril Connolly in brief

Born
1903
Died
1974
Known for
literary critic, writer and novelist
Place of birth
Coventry
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Cyril Vernon Connolly. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of Matthew William Kemble Connolly and Muriel Maud Vernon. He married Deirdre Craig and Barbara Skelton. 2 children are recorded: Cressida Connolly and Matthew Vernon Connolly.

Catalogued works

42 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1891 to 1986.

Enemies of Promise. The Evening Colonnade. The Rock Pool. The Unquiet Grave. The Aeneid of Virgil. All the conspirators. The Seven Deadly Sins. the condemned playground, essays. The Condemned Playground. Ubu Plays. Silence of the Sea / le Silence de la Mer. horizon. Put out the light. Unquiet Grave a Word Cycle, dated 1973. Obra selecta. One Hundred Modern Books from England, France and America 1880-1950. Ce qu'il faut faire pour ne plus être écrivain. La Sepultura Sin Sosiego. Shade Those Laurels. James Bond tourne Casaque. Marée basse. La chute de Jonathan Edax. Ce Qu'il Faut Faire Pour Ne Plus Etre Ecrivain. Pavillons of the Eighteenth Century. Silence of the Sea. The golden horizon. Horizon Stories. Selected Essays. Enemies of promise and other essays. The Selected Works of Cyril Connolly. Multi. Meurtre au Gassendi club. Press gang! La littérature anglaise depuis la guerre. 100 key books of the Modern Movement from England, France & America, 1880-1950, dated 1986. Bond strikes camp, dated 1963. Great English short novels, dated 1953. The Modern Movement, dated 1966, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1994.265.240. Enemies of Promise and Other Essays : An Autobiography of Ideas, dated 1960, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1994.265.22. Enemies of promise / Cyril Connolly., dated 1961, held by Wellcome Collection. 'Specimens for the opinion of PCCG' I, dated 1968-1971, held by Wellcome Collection. British Psychological Society Archive, dated 1891-2005, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Connolly, Cyril Vernon (1903–1974), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Endpiece: Cyril Connolly on obesity, BMJ, 1997. Connolly, Cyril Vernon (1903–1974), writer and literary reviewer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Connolly, Cyril, (10 Sept. 1903–26 Nov. 1974), Author and Journalist; Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, Who Was Who, 2007. Cyril Connolly, Review, 'new Statesman and Nation', June 1937, W.H. Auden, 2002. « Getting back to tough eternal verities » ? Cyril Connolly et la pensée du fragment dans The Unquiet Grave, Études Britanniques Contemporaines, 2010. Identidad y ambivalencia. Una lectura de "Palinuro de México" desde el grotesco, Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica, 2008.

Digitised editions and texts

9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

The Rock Pool (1963) — Internet Archive. the condemned playground, essays: 1927-1944 (1946) — Internet Archive. Enemies Of Promise (1938) — Internet Archive. Horizon stories (1943) — Internet Archive. One Hundred Modern Books (1971) — Internet Archive. Previous Convictions (1963) — Internet Archive. Great English Short Novels (1953) — Internet Archive. horizon (1946) — Internet Archive. Cyril Connolly THE CONDEMNED PLAYGROUND Essays 1927-1944 Routledge 1946 [Hardcover] unknown (1945) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1903Cyril Connolly born at Coventry.
  2. 1938Enemies Of Promise digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1943Horizon stories digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1946the condemned playground, essays: 1927-1944 digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1963The Rock Pool digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1963Previous Convictions digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1971One Hundred Modern Books digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1974Cyril Connolly died at London.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Cyril Connolly”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2335415: Cyril Connolly

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