Cecily Mackworth

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CM , an Anglo-Welsh writer who lived most of her life in France, whose publishing career stretched from the 1930s into the twenty-first century, was described in an obituary as a poet, critic, novelist, biographer, journalist and globetrotter.
Bowker, Gordon. “Obituary: Cecily Mackworth”. The Independent, 1 Aug. 2006.
To this may be added that she was an acute and valuable commentator on art, politics, and contemporary history.
  • BirthName: Cecily Mackworth
  • Married: de Donceel; de Chabannes la Palice

Milestones

15 August 1911

CM was born at Llantilio Pertholey in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Murray, Elizabeth, and Isobel Grundy. Emails about Cecily Mackworth to Isobel Grundy. 5 Dec. 2001.
The Author’s and Writer’s Who’s Who. 6th ed., Burke’s Peerage, 1971.
Sheridan, Anthony. “Obituary: Cecily Mackworth”. Guardian Unlimited, 7 Aug. 2006.

1941

Cecily Mackworth made her name with her book I Came Out of France, a vivid first-personaccount of the fall of France to the Nazis and its immediate effects on the civilian population.
Sheridan, Anthony. “Obituary: Cecily Mackworth”. Guardian Unlimited, 7 Aug. 2006.

22 July 2006

CM died in Paris at the age of ninety-four.
Sheridan, Anthony. “Obituary: Cecily Mackworth”. Guardian Unlimited, 7 Aug. 2006.
Bowker, Gordon. “Obituary: Cecily Mackworth”. The Independent, 1 Aug. 2006.

Biography

Birth and Family

15 August 1911

CM was born at Llantilio Pertholey in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Murray, Elizabeth, and Isobel Grundy. Emails about Cecily Mackworth to Isobel Grundy. 5 Dec. 2001.
The Author’s and Writer’s Who’s Who. 6th ed., Burke’s Peerage, 1971.
Sheridan, Anthony. “Obituary: Cecily Mackworth”. Guardian Unlimited, 7 Aug. 2006.

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