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British literary critics

58 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adam RobertsAuthor · BooksHe was born in London.
Alan HollinghurstAuthor · BooksSir Alan James Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator.
Alfred KerrAuthor · BooksAlfred Kerr (né Kempner; 25 December 1867 – 12 October 1948, surname: langno) was an influential German theatre critic and essayist of Jewish descent, nicknamed the Kulturpapst ("Culture…
Augustine BirrellAuthor · BooksAugustine Birrell KC (19 January 1850 – 20 November 1933) was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916.
B. S. JohnsonAuthor · BooksBryan Stanley William Johnson (5 February 1933 – 13 November 1973) was an English experimental novelist, poet and literary critic. He also produced television programmes and made films.
Beatrice HastingsAuthor · BooksBeatrice Hastings was the pen name of Emily Alice Haigh (27 January 1879 – 30 October 1943), an English writer, literary critic, poet and theosophist.
Brian AldissAuthor · BooksBrian Wilson Aldiss (18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science-fiction novels and short stories.
Charles WilliamsAuthor · BooksCharles Williams was a British writer, poet, novelist, screenwriter, literary critic and theologian (1886–1945). He was born in London and died in Oxford.
Cyril ConnollyAuthor · BooksCyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer.
Dorothy AuchterlonieAuthor · BooksDorothy Auchterlonie (also known as Dorothy Green; 28 May 1915 – 21 February 1991) was an English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet.
Émile ZolaAuthor · BooksÉmile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (also; French: [emil zɔla]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary…
F. R. LeavisAuthor · BooksThe Significance of C. P. Snow (lecture; 1962)
Frank Cottrell-BoyceAuthor · BooksFrank Cottrell-Boyce (Francis G. Boyce; born 23 September 1959) is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with…
George SaintsburyAuthor · BooksGeorge Edward Bateman Saintsbury, FBA (23 October 1845 – 28 January 1933), an English critic, literary historian, editor, teacher, and wine connoisseur, gained a reputation as a highly…
I. A. RichardsAuthor · BooksIvor Armstrong Richards CH (26 February 1893 – 7 September 1979), known as I. A. Richards, was an English educator, literary critic, poet, and rhetorician.
Itzik MangerAuthor · BooksItzik Manger (30 May 1901 – 21 February 1969) was a prominent Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and 'master tailor' of the written word.
J. B. PriestleyAuthor · BooksJohn Boynton Priestley (13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
J. R. R. TolkienIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and academic philologist.
James JoyceAuthor · BooksJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic.
James LaverAuthor · BooksJames Laver, CBE, FRSA (14 March 1899 – 3 June 1975) was an English author, critic, art historian, and museum curator who acted as Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings for the Victoria…
John Addington SymondsAuthor · BooksJohn Addington Symonds Jr. (5 October 1840 – 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic.
John BetjemanAuthor · BooksSir John Betjeman (28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death.
John CluteAuthor · BooksJohn Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States…
John WainAuthor · BooksJohn Barrington Wain CBE (14 March 1925 – 24 May 1994) was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group known as "The Movement".
Kingsley AmisAuthor · BooksSir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher.
Lascelles AbercrombieAuthor · BooksLascelles Abercrombie (9 January 1881 – 27 October 1938) was a British poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets".[2] After the First World War he worked as a professor of English…
Louise DoughtyAuthor · BooksLouise Doughty (born 4 September 1963) is an English novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for her bestselling novels, including Apple Tree Yard.
M. John HarrisonAuthor · BooksMichael John Harrison (born 26 July 1945), known for publication purposes primarily as M.
Martin EsslinAuthor · BooksMartin Julius Esslin OBE (6 June 1918 – 24 February 2002) was a Hungarian-born British producer, dramatist, journalist, adaptor and translator, critic, academic scholar and professor of…
Muriel SparkAuthor · BooksMuriel Spark is recorded as having received Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, James Tait Black Memorial Prize a
Osbert SitwellAuthor · BooksSir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet CH CBE (6 December 1892 – 4 May 1969) was an English writer.
Richard AldingtonAuthor · BooksRichard Aldington (born Edward Godfree Aldington; 8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962) was an English writer and poet. He was an early associate of the Imagist movement.
Saunders LewisAuthor · BooksSaunders Lewis (born John Saunders Lewis; 15 October 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Welsh politician, poet, dramatist, Medievalist, and literary critic.
Seamus DeaneAuthor · BooksSeamus Francis Deane (9 February 194012 May 2021) was a Northern Irish poet, novelist, critic, and intellectual historian.
Susan BassnettAuthor · BooksSusan Edna Bassnett, FRSL (born 21 October 1945) is a translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature.
T. S. EliotAuthor · Books
Virginia WoolfAuthor · BooksAdeline Virginia Woolf ("wolf";[1] Stephen; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors.
Walter de la MareAuthor · BooksWalter John de la Mare (25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist.
William EmpsonAuthor · BooksSir William Empson (27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English literary critic and poet, widely influential for his practice of closely reading literary works, a practice fundamental…
Wyndham LewisIllustrator · IllustrationPercy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic.

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