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Cyril Connolly
AuthorBooks · Second hand1903-1974
Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon (1940–49) and wrote Enemies of Promise (1938), which combined literary criticism with an autobiographical exploration of why he failed to become the successful author of fiction that he aspired to be in his youth.
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About Cyril Connolly
Birth
1903
Death
1974
Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon (1940–49) and wrote Enemies of Promise (1938), which combined literary criticism with an autobiographical exploration of why he failed to become the successful author of fiction that he aspired to be in his youth.
Cyril Connolly was born in Coventry in 1903 and became a key figure in 20th-century British literature.
His most notable work is Unquiet Grave: a Word Cycle, a fundamental text in his bibliography.
Throughout his prolific career, Connolly published a total of 51 works spanning criticism and fiction.
As a literary critic, he dedicated much of his life to the deep analysis of English literature.
His literary legacy has endured since his passing in 1974 as an essential reference for critics and scholars.
