Henry Williamson
Henry Williamson (born December 1, 1895 in London , † August 13, 1977 there ) was a British writer . Almost unknown in Germany, part of his work is very popular in England, especially natural novels like Tarka the Otter (translated into German) and Salar the Salmon .
life and work
Williamson was born in Brockley , London, in 1895 . The rural area in which he grew up led him to develop a love for nature in childhood that would greatly influence his literary work.
The First World War shook him and made him a pacifist . These impressions also found their way into his work, especially in A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight (1951–1969), a series of books that describes the life of the fictional person Philip Maddison , a kind of alter ego , from birth and a kind of autobiography of the author is.
In 1927 he published his best-known book to date, Tarka the Otter . For the work he received the Hawthornden Prize in 1927 . The story was successfully filmed in 1979; his son Harry created a suite for orchestra and guitars based on the book with Anthony Phillips (known as the original guitarist for Genesis ) in 1988 .
1935 visited Williamson the Nazi Party of the NSDAP in Nuremberg and was the Hitler Youth impressed (he wrote it in The Phoenix Generation , 1936). He became a lifelong admirer of Hitler . In 1937 he became a member of the British Fascist Party, British Union of Fascists , led by Oswald Mosley .
At the beginning of the war he was interned for a short time under the national protective measures "Regulation 18B" because of his fascist views.
Williamson published a total of over fifty books, most of which are now forgotten. He died of senile dementia in August 1977 and was buried in Georgeham, Devon . In 1980 a Henry Williamson Society was established.
Works (selection)
- 1922: The Lone Swallows
- 1927: Tarka The Otter (German 1947)
- 1930: The Patriot's Progress
- 1951-1969: A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight (a 15-volume fictional autobiography depicting the life of Phillip Maddison )
literature
- Henry Williamson. A Bibliography by Hugoe Matthews, 2004 ( ISBN 1841143642 )
- Henry Williamson and the First World War by Anne Williamson, 2004 ( ISBN 0750935529 )
- Henry Williamson: Tarka and the Last Romantic by Anne Williamson, 1995 ( ISBN 0750906391 )
- Henry Williamson: A Portrait of Daniel Farson, 1986 ( ISBN 0948164271 )
Web links
- Literature by and about Henry Williamson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Henry Williamson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Henry Williamson: The Phoenix Generation, 1936
- ^ Henry Williamson Society ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Henry Williamson ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Williamson, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1977 |
| Place of death | London |