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Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) 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 ...
Cyril Connolly (Coventry, 10 de setembro de 1903 – Londres, 26 de novembro de 1974) foi um romancista e crítico literário inglês. Ele foi o editor da influente revista literária Horizon (1940-49) e escreveu Enemies of Promise (1938), que combinou crítica literária com uma exploração autobiográfica porque ele falhou em se ...
Cyril Connolly (born September 10, 1903, Coventry, Warwickshire, England—died November 26, 1974, London) was an English critic, novelist, and man of letters, founder and editor of Horizon, a magazine of contemporary literature that was a major influence in Britain in its time (1939–50).
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Cyril Connolly was the chair of the Booker Prize in 1972 and the editor of Horizon magazine, where he befriended many famous writers. He wrote Enemies of Promise, a memoir of his literary failures, and coined the definition of literature and journalism.
Cyril Connolly was born in Coventry, Warwickshire in 1903. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford he was a regular contributor to the New Statesman in the 1930s. Connolly also co-edited Horizon (1939-41) with Stephen Spender and later was literary editor of the The Observer.
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Cyril Connolly foi um romancista e crítico literário inglês. Ele foi o editor da influente revista literária Horizon e escreveu Enemies of Promise , que combinou crítica literária com uma exploração autobiográfica porque ele falhou em se tornar o autor de ficção de sucesso que aspirava ser sua juventude.
18 de mai. de 2018 · Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) was a British novelist and literary and social critic, known for his autobiographical works Enemies of Promise and The Unquiet Grave. He also wrote a novel, The Rock Pool, about a young Englishman's encounter with a lesbian community in France.
