John Drinkwater
John Drinkwater (born June 1, 1882 in Leytonstone , † March 25, 1937 in London ) was a British writer .
Act
John Drinkwater became well known for his play Abraham Lincoln in 1918 . In addition, from 1918 he was a member of the jury on the committee for the awarding of the Hawthornden Prize , the oldest literary prize in Great Britain. Other well-known works by him include the dramas Maria Stuart and Oliver Cromwell .
Drinkwater also worked as a literary critic and directed the Birmingham Repertory Theater . Although he belonged to the group of Dymock Poets , the first independent volume with his poems Preludes 1921-1922 did not appear until 1923. Drinkwater was represented in all volumes of the poetry collection Georgian Poetry published by Edward Marsh and is therefore also counted among the Georgian Poets .
Web links
- John Drinkwater in the Gutenberg project
- Literature by and about John Drinkwater in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry Seidel Canby (Ed.): Saturday Review. Volume 6. Saturday Review Associates, 1929, p. 1161.
- ^ JC Squire, Rolfe Arnold Scott-James: The London Mercury. Volume 33. Field Press Limited, 1936, p. 102.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drinkwater, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leytonstone |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1937 |
| Place of death | London |