*Universally popular novelist Muriel Spark began literary life as a poet; John Masefield, the then poet laureate, her favourite writer*This book evokes the Edwardian poet, children's writer and novelist in a series of eloquent and delightful appreciations*Masefield (Poet Laureate 1930-1967) wrote classic children's books The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights*Carcanet publish Murial Spark biographies and autobiography (Mary Shelley, The Essence of the Brontes etc...)
Dame Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh. After some years living in Africa, she returned to England, where she edited Poetry Review from 1947 to 1949. Her many novels include Memento Mori (1959), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), and The Girls of Slender Means (1963). Curriculum Vitae, All the Poems, Mary Shelley: A Biography and The Golden Fleece: Essays are published by Carcanet. Spark was awarded her DBE in 1993 and was made Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1996. She eventually made her home in Italy and died at the age of 88.
'Spark shows herself to be as fearless and original a biographer as she was a novelist.' - Times Literary Supplement
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