Vaux, Anna. “Biscuits. Oh good!”. London Review of Books, pp. 32 - 4.
32, 33
George Barker
Standard Name: Barker, George
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Antonia White | Other lovers reputedly included George Barker
, writer and journalist, Eric Siepmann
(who was later married to the novelist Mary Wesley
), Jamaican sculptor Ronald Moody
, and Ian Henderson
. Dunn, Jane. Antonia White: A Life. Jonathan Cape, 1998. 182-3, 184, 198 |
| Literary responses | Kathleen Nott | In the TLSG. S. Fraser
remarked that her poetry was difficult but rewarding, and likened it in different aspects to that of Dylan Thomas
, George Barker
, and William Empson
. He concluded:... |
Timeline
August 1945
Canadian poet, novelist, and critic Elizabeth Smart
published her first novel, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (written four years previously during her first pregnancy).