Maurice Baring
Maurice Baring (born April 27, 1874 in London , † December 14, 1945 in Beaufort Castle ( Inverness )) was a British writer.
biography
Baring came from the Baring family . The fifth son of the banker Edward Baring and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteels studied after Eton at Trinity College , Cambridge , but left the university without a degree. In 1898 he entered the diplomatic service, which he left in 1904.
Baring worked as a reporter for the London Morning Post , reporting on the Russo-Japanese War for the Russian newspaper ; later he worked for the Times . When the First World War broke out , he joined the Royal Flying Corps and in 1918 became an officer in the Royal Air Force .
Baring published his first poems in 1903 in a volume called The Black Prince and Other Poems . He not only made a name for himself as a poet, but also became a successful dramatist after the end of the First World War, writing novels and working as a translator. Baring was friends with GK Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc . Edward Marsh included it in his collection Georgian Poetry 1916-17 (1917).
Web links
- Literature by and about Maurice Baring in the catalog of the German National Library
- Maurice Baring biography
- Works by Maurice Baring in the Gutenberg project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baring, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British reporter and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1945 |
| Place of death | Beaufort Castle |