Ivy Compton-Burnett

Ivy Compton-Burnett (born June 5, 1884 in Middlesex , † August 27, 1969 in London ) was an English writer.

life and work

Compton-Burnett is a representative of modern English narrative literature . She wrote novels that mainly consist of stylized dialogues . The topic is mostly family conflicts. Her most important works are Men and Wives (1931), A Family and a Fortune (1939) and Parents and Children (1941).

Peter Marginter translated four novels by Ivy Compton-Burnett into German: Ein Gott und seine Gaben (1989), Eltern und Kinder (1990), Hoch und Heilig (1991) and Diener und Servierte (1992).

Works

• Dolores (1911)
• Pastors and Masters (1925)
• Brothers and Sisters (1929)
• Men and Wives (1931)
• More Women Than Men (1933)
• A House and Its Head (1935)
• Daughters and Sons (1937)
• A Family and a Fortune (1939)
• Parents and Children (1941)
• Elders and Betters (1944)
• Manservant and Maidservant (1947)
• Two Worlds and Their Ways (1949)
• Darkness and Day (1951)
• The Present and the Past (1953)
• Mother and Son (1955)
• A Father and His Fate (1957)
• A Heritage and Its History (1959)
• The Mighty and Their Fall (1961)
• A God and His Gifts (1963)
• The Last and the First (published posthumously 1971)

literature

• Hilary Spurling : Ivy When Young: The Early Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett 1884-1919 , 1974.
• Hilary Spurling: Secrets of a Woman's Heart: The Later Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett 1920-1969 , 1984.
• Kay Dick: Ivy and Stevie. Ivy Compton-Burnett and Stevie Smith , 1971

Web links

• Literature by and about Ivy Compton-Burnett in the catalog of the German National Library