William Mole

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William Mole , actually William Anthony Younger , (* 1917 in Scotland ; † 1962 ) was a British writer of Scottish origin.

Life

After finishing school, Mole began studying at Oxford University . After a short time he broke off his studies and joined the army . He was a soldier until the end of the war in 1945 and then finished his studies in Oxford .

Already in his first literary attempts he used the name William Mole and he published his entire oeuvre under this pseudonym .

Works

Poetry
  • The dreaming falcon. Poems . London 1944.
  • Inconstant conqueror. Poems . London 1938.
  • Madonna and other Poems . London 1935.
  • Orpheus. Selected poems 1900-1945 . Flixton Press, London 1985, ISBN 0-9510673-0-3 .
  • The singing vision. Poems . London 1946.
Novels
  • Goodbye is not worthwhile . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1956.
  • The Hammersmith maggot . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1955.
  • The Lobster Guerrillas . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1953.
  • Skin tray. a crime novel . Panther Books, London 1959 (Panther Books; 996).
  • Trample to Empire . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1952.
Non-fiction
  • Blue moon in Portugal. Travels . London 1956 (with Elizabeth Younger).
  • Gods, men and wine . Wine & Food Society, London 1966.

literature

  • Armin Arnold: Reclam's detective novelist . Reclam, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , p. 260.
personal data
SURNAME Mole, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Younger, William Anthony (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Scotland
DATE OF DEATH 1962