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John Cowper Powys ( / ˈkuːpər ˈpoʊɪs / KOO-pər POH-iss; 8 October 1872 – 17 June 1963) was an English novelist, philosopher, lecturer, critic and poet born in Shirley, Derbyshire, where his father was vicar of the parish church in 1871–1879. [1]
Powys se volvió famoso como un poeta y ensayista y también produjo varias novelas aclamadas por su descripción detallada y sensual. Sus novelas más conocidas son A Glastonbury Romance (1932) y Wolf Solent (1929). Así mismo, Powys escribió varios libros de filosofía y de crítica literaria.
27 de abr. de 2024 · John Cowper Powys was a prolific novelist, essayist, letter writer, poet and philosopher, and a writer of enormous scope, complexity, profundity and humour. A powerful orator, he spent over thirty years as an itinerant lecturer in the United States, during which time he wrote his first four novels.
16 de jul. de 2019 · John Cowper Powys, el gran narrador desconocido. Por Luis Junco. En Oficio editor, Mario Muchnik cuenta que en los años 50, cuando él era un jovenzuelo, su padre le invitó a las deliberaciones de un importante premio literario del que Henry Miller formaba parte del jurado.
13 de jun. de 2024 · John Cowper Powys was a Welsh novelist, essayist, and poet, known chiefly for his long panoramic novels, including Wolf Solent (1929), A Glastonbury Romance (1932), and Owen Glendower (1940). He was the brother of the authors T.F. Powys and Llewelyn Powys.
Learn about the life and works of John Cowper Powys, Theodore Powys, and Llewelyn Powys, three brothers who wrote visionary novels, biblical prose, and philosophical essays. Join the Powys Society to access journals, newsletters, events, and more.
POWYS, JOHN COWPER (1872 - 1963), novelist, poet, literary critic and popular philosopher. The only one of the eleven children of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys to lay special claim to his father's Welsh ancestry.
