Bernard Wall

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Bernard Wall (born 1908 in England , † May 2, 1974 in London ) was a British writer , journalist and translator.

Life

After graduating from Stonyhurst College in Lancashire , Wall studied at the University of Oxford and the University of Friborg in Switzerland . Wall was already active in the Catholic intellectual scene in his youth. In the 1930s he became involved in the Catholic labor movement in London . It was there that Wall met his future wife, Barbara Lucas . Together the two founded the Catholic Worker newspaper . In 1934, Bernard Wall founded Colosseum . Although short-lived and of limited circulation, the Colosseum received a lot of attention from religiously interested intellectuals. Wall and Barbara Lucas married in 1934. The marriage resulted in two daughters. Her daughter Bernardine later also became active as a writer. Until the outbreak of the Second World War , the family lived in England, France , Italy and Switzerland. In 1939 the family settled in London.

After the Second World War, he was one of the co-founders of Changing World magazine . He also wrote the regular column " New Things and Old " in The Catholic Herald , wrote essays and worked as a translator. Together with his wife he wrote Thaw At the Vatican in 1964 on the occasion of the Second Vatican Council . In 1969 he published his autobiography Headlong into Change . In 1973 he won the Society of Authors' John Florio Prize for his translation of Wrestling with Christ by the Italian linguist and writer Luigi Santucci .

Publications (selection)

  • Spain of the Spaniards (1937)
  • European Notebook (1939)
  • These Changing Years (1947)
  • Headlong into Change (1969)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bernard Wall's obituary in the Catholic Herald  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 10, 1974@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / archive.catholicherald.co.uk  
  2. ↑ a b c Barbara Wall's obituary in the Catholic Herald  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 8, 2009@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / archive.catholicherald.co.uk  
  3. ^ Bernardine Bishop obituary , July 5, 2013, The Guardian
personal data
SURNAME Wall, Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer, journalist and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH England
DATE OF DEATH May 2nd 1974
Place of death London