Cyril Connolly
AKA Cyril Vernon Connolly
Born: 10-Sep-1903
Birthplace: Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Died: 26-Nov-1974
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, St. Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Berwick, East Sussex, England
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Critic
Nationality: England
Executive summary: Enemies of Promise
High School: St Cyprian's School
High School: Eton College
University: Balliol College, Oxford University
Horizon Co-Editor (1939-50)
The Observer Literary Editor
The New Statesman Book Reviewer
The London Times Sunday Times, Book Reviewer (1950-)
Is the subject of books:
Friends of Promise: Cyril Connolly and the World of Horizon, 1989, BY: Michael Shelden
Cyril Connolly, 1998, BY: Jeremy Lewis
Author of books:
The Rock Pool (1935, novel)
The Enemies of Promise (1938, essays)
The Unquiet Grave (1944)
The Condemned Playground (1945, essays)
Ideas and Places (1953)
Les Pavilions (1962, with Jerome Zerbe)
Previous Convictions: Selected Writings of a Decade (1963)
The Modern Movement: 100 Key Books From England, France, and America, 1880�1950 (1965)
The Evening Colonnade (1975, essays)
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