Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Pamela Hansford Johnson
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Standard Name: Johnson, Pamela Hansford
Birth Name: Pamela Hansford Johnson
Pseudonym: Nap Lombard
Married Name: Pamela Hansford Snow
Titled: Baroness Snow
PHJ
had a long and prolific writing career, from before the second world war until late twentieth century. She is remembered primarily as a novelist (with twenty-seven titles),
Hadley, Tessa. “He wants me no more”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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though she also wrote poetry, drama, memoirs, and political and social commentary.
While studying at King's CollegeSH
, an aspiring writer, wrote to novelist Pamela Hansford Johnson
and her writer husband C. P. Snow
for advice on the profession. The couple answered her letters and even...
Family and Intimate relationships
Dylan Thomas
His first serious love-affair was with Pamela Hansford Johnson
, like him an aspiring writer. They corresponded for several months before they met and were, as they had expected to be, mutually attracted. They fell...