V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett was a British writer, literary critic, novelist, university teacher, journalist and biographer (1900–1997). He was born at Ipswich and died at London.
Also recorded as Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett; Victor Sawdon Pritchett.
V. S. Pritchett in brief
- Born
- 1900
- Died
- 1997
- Known for
- writer, novelist, university teacher, journalist, biographer and critic
- Place of birth
- Ipswich
Contents
Career and activity
He was employed by University of California and Smith College. Recorded position is president. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Royal Society of Literature.
Recognition and collections
V. S. Pritchett received Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Knight Bachelor, Heinemann Award and Order of the Companions of Honour.
Catalogued works
45 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 1942 to 1988.
La donna del Guatemala. Amore cieco. The Spanish Virgin and Other Stories. A Careless Widow and Other Stories. The Camberwell Beauty and Other Stories. It May Never Happen and Other Stories. The Upright Man. A Story of Don Juan. London perceived. A CAB AT THE DOOR. The Living Novel. The Key to My Heart. Key To My Heart. No Royalty A/C Books in General. New York Proclaimed. Penguin Modern Stories. It May Never Happen. Mr. Beluncle. A cab at the door : An autobiography. Great American Families. Why Do I Write? An Exchange of Views Between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene and V.S. Pritchett. When My Girl Comes Home. A Boy at the Hogarth Press and a Parcel of Time. Lasting Impressions. Careless Widow and Other Stories, A. TURNSTILE ONE. A Literary Miscellany from 'The New Statesman' and 'Nation'. The Saint and other stories. Dead man leading, dated 1972. Marching Spain. Camberwell Beauty, The. Other Side of a Frontier, The. AMOR CIEGO. COLLECTED STORIES. The Living Novel & Later Appreciation. Foreign Faces:. Mr Beluncle. THE WORKING NOVELIST. Blind Love and Other Stories. The Pritchett century. Stories from the New Yorker, 1950-1960. Camberwell Beauty. Lady from Guatemala. In My Good Books, dated 1942, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1994.265.137. Chekhov : a spirit set free / by V.S. Pritchett., dated 1988, held by Wellcome Collection. 'Doctor himself' : an unorthodox biography of Harry Roberts, 1871-1946 / [Winifred Stamp] ; with an introduction by V.S. Pritchett and Sidelights by Sidney Dark [and others]., dated [1949], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Pritchett, Matthew, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Pritchett, Edward, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Diurnal variations in visually observed breaking waves / by P.C. Pritchett., 1976. Pritchett, Robert Edward Taylor, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Pritchett, Robert Taylor (1828–1907), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Revision as Transformation: The Making and Re-Making of V.S. Pritchett’s “You Make Your Own Life”, Journal of the Short Story in English, 2005.
Digitised editions and texts
10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Marching Spain (1933) — Internet Archive. In my good books (1942) — Internet Archive. A cab at the door : An autobiography: early years (1968) — Internet Archive. A Cab at the Door (1967) — Internet Archive. Mr. Beluncle (1951) — Internet Archive. The tale bearers (1980) — Internet Archive. The key to my heart (1963) — Internet Archive. when my girl comes home (1961) — Internet Archive. The Sailor, Sense of Humour, and Other Stories (1956) — Internet Archive. Lasting impressions (1990) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 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.
In detail
V. S. Pritchett studied at Dulwich College and Alleyn's School. the recorded working language is English.
Employment is recorded with University of California and Smith College. Positions recorded include president. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Royal Society of Literature.
Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Knight Bachelor and Heinemann Award.
Chronology
- 1900V. S. Pritchett born at Ipswich.
- 1933Marching Spain digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1942In my good books digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1951Mr. Beluncle digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1967A Cab at the Door digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1968A cab at the door : An autobiography: early years digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1980The tale bearers digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1997V. S. Pritchett 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.
“V. S. Pritchett”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1885875: V. S. Pritchett
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