Vernon Knowles
Vernon Knowles (17 April 1899 – 9 July 1968) was an Australian writer, born in Adelaide. He attended the University of Western Australia but did not complete a degree. He became an expatriate, living mostly in England.
Also recorded as Vernon Frank Knowles · V. F. Knowles · V.F. Knowles · VF Knowles
Vernon Knowles
- Name
- Vernon Knowles
- Birth Name
- Vernon Frank Knowles
- Born
- 1899
- Birthplace
- Adelaide, South Australia
- Died
- 1968
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- poet
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Knowles wrote a series of fantasy stories, The Street of Queer Houses and other Tales. Neil Barron has stated: "Knowles's work is in the tradition of Richard Garnett and has affinities with the work of Lord Dunsany and Donald Corley, but he affects a more naive and relaxed style than any of these. His best stories are amusing literary confections." He died in London in 1968.
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• Name — Vernon Knowles • Birth Name — Vernon Frank Knowles • Born — 1899 • Birthplace — Adelaide, South Australia • Died — 1968 • Place of death — London • Language — English • Years Active — 1917–1947
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• Songs and Preludes (1917) poetry • Lamps and Vine Leaves (1919), poetry, with Charles Rischbieth Jury and Edward James Ranembe Morgan • Bypaths (1921) • The Street of Queer Houses: And Other Stories (1924) • Poems (1925) • Here and Otherwhere (1926) stories • Beads of Coloured Days: a study in behaviour (1926) • Silver Nutmegs (1927) stories • The Ripening Years (1927) poetry • The Ladder (1929) • Pitiful Dust. A study in frustration (1931) • Two and Two Make Five (1935) • Eternity in an Hour, a study in childhood (1932) memoir • The Experience of Poetry (1935) • Prince Jonathan. A dramatic lyric (1935) • Love Is My Enemy (1947) • Sapphires: Here and Otherwhere and Silver Nutmegs (1978, reprint)
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