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Elizabeth Bowen

Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer.

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Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist

Born 7 June 1899
Died 22 February 1973

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  • Cover of: The Death of the Heart (Penguin Classics)
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    Cover of edition deathofheart00bow Cover of edition deathofheart00eliz First published in 1938 — 28 editions
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  • Cover of: Friends and relations
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    First published in 1931 — 27 editions
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  • Cover of: The house in Paris
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    Cover of edition houseinparis00eliz First published in 1936 — 27 editions
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  • Cover of: Heat of the Day
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    Cover of edition heatofday00bowe Cover of edition heatofday00bowe_1 Cover of edition heatofday00bowe_0 First published in 1949 — 22 editions
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  • Cover of: To the North
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    First published in 1933 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: A world of love
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    Cover of edition worldoflove0000bowe Cover of edition worldoflove00bowe Cover of edition worldoflove0000bowe_f9i9 First published in 1955 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: The last September
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    Cover of edition lastseptember00eliz_0 Cover of edition lastseptember00eliz First published in 1929 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: The little girls
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    Cover of edition littlegirls0000bowe_s9r7 First published in 1964 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: The hotel
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    Cover of edition hotel0000bowe_s5n6 First published in 1927 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Eva Trout: or, Changing scenes.
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    Cover of edition evatrout00eliz First published in 1968 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Bowen's Court
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    Cover of edition bowenscourtseven0000bowe Cover of edition bowenscourtseven0000bowe_e9x2 First published in 1942 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: English novelists

    First published in 1942 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Seven winters: memories of a Dublin childhood & afterthoughts, pieces on writing.
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    First published in 1942 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The collected stories of Elizabeth Bowen
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  • Cover of: A time in Rome.
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    Cover of edition timeinrome0000bowe_t4o7 Cover of edition timeinrome0000bowe First published in 1960 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Why do I write?: An exchange of views between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene & V. S. Pritchett : with a pref.

    First published in 1948 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Look at all those roses: short stories.

    First published in 1941 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Eva Trout, or, Changing scenes
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    First published in 1970 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1965 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Encounters: stories.
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    First published in 1923 — 5 editions
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Photo of Elizabeth Bowen

Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist

Born 7 June 1899
Died 22 February 1973

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, general, Social life and customs, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), History, English fiction, Young women, Bowen, elizabeth, 1899-1973, Children's fiction, Fiction, psychological, World War, 1939-1945, Authors, British, Drama, English literature, Foreign relations, History and criticism, Literature, Sources, Women, Young women, fiction, short stories, Biography, Correspondence, England, fiction

Places

Ireland, Great Britain, Araby, Araby bazaar, England, North Richmond Street, Worcestershire (England), Canada, Cork (Ireland : County), Dublin, Dublin (Ireland), Italy, London, London (England), Milford meeting house, New York, Paris, Paris (France), Riviera, Riviera (Italy), Rome (Italy)

People

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), Bowen family, Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973), Mangan's sister, Alfred Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, Elizabeth, Eugene Foster, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Galatea, Henry Higgins, Mr. Doran, Mr. Hooper, Mrs Foster, Mrs. Higgins, Mrs. Mooney, Polly Mooney, Prince Prospero, Pygmalion, Wallace Rockway (1905-1972), Zack Bowen

Time

20th century, 1922-, 1172-1603, 1912, 1936-1945, Bombardment, 1940-1941

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Alternative names

  • Bitha Bowen, Elizabeth Bowen Cameron, Dorothea Cole.
  • Bowen

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 16, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
March 5, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author bio & photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import