Edward Upward
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Edward Falaise Upward, FRSL (9 September 1903 – 13 February 2009) was a British novelist and short story writer who, prior to his death, was believed to be the UK's oldest living author. Initially gaining recognition amongst the Auden Group as a highly imaginative surrealist writer, in the 1930s he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain, after which his writing shifted towards Marxist realism. His literary career spanned over eighty years.
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Edward Upward | |
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Born | (1903-09-09)9 September 1903 Romford, Essex, England |
Died | 13 February 2009(2009-02-13) (aged 105) Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England |
Occupation | Writer, schoolteacher |
Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
Period | 1920–2003 |
Spouse |
Hilda Percival
(m. 1936; died 1995) |
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