Richard Barham Middleton

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Richard Barham Middleton about 1909

Richard Barham Middleton (born October 28, 1882 , † December 1, 1911 in Brussels ) was a British poet and poet who achieved fame with his fantastic short stories, in Germany especially with the ghost story Auf der Landstrasse .

Life

After training at the Cranbrook School Kent, he worked in London as an employee for a bank. Unfulfilled by his official life, he led the bohemian life at night, which is literarily described in Arthur Ransome's Bohemia in London . Richard Middleton committed suicide in Brussels in 1911. The memories of his literary work were kept alive by the authors and journalists Edgar Jepson and John Gawsworth . His stories have appeared in many anthologies .

An encounter with the young Raymond Chandler is said to have influenced the latter to begin a career as a writer.

Works

  • Poems and Songs . 1912
  • Poems and Songs Second Series . 1912
  • The Day Before Yesterday . 1912 (essays)
  • The Ghost Ship: And Other Stories . 1912
  • Monologues . 1913
  • Queen Melanie and the Woodboy . 1931 (novel)
  • The Mime Man . 1933 (short stories)
  • New Tales of Horror . 1934
  • Richard Middleton . Richards Press, 1937 (poems)

literature

  • Richard Middleton's Letters to Henry Savage (1929, Mandrake Press) edited by Henry Savage
  • Henry Savage; Richard Middleton: The Man And His Work (1922, London: Cecil Palmer)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, © 1995 Gale Cengage
  2. ^ Raymond Chandler: Raymond Chandler Speaking , Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (Eds.), P. 24, Houghton Mifflin Company , 1962, ISBN 978-0-520-20835-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Middleton, Richard Barham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Middleton, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1882
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1911
Place of death Brussels