Henry Green
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- For the 14th century English Chief Justice, see Henry Green (justice).
- For the 19th century British Resident of the Orange River Sovereignty, see Henry Green (British Resident)
- For the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, see Henry Green (Pennsylvania).
Henry Green was the nom de plume of Henry Vincent Yorke (October 29, 1905-December 13, 1973) . He was born near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, of an educated family with successful business interests in Birmingham. He went to Eton College and Oxford, which he left in 1926 without taking a degree. He served as a fireman during World War II. He is the author of numerous novels of social satire.
Henry Green was a friend of British novelist Graham Greene, whose real name was in fact Henry Graham Greene.
[edit] Bibliography
- Blindness (1926)
- Living (1929)
- Party Going (1939)
- Pack My Bag (1940)
- Caught (1943)
- Loving (1945)
- Back (1946)
- Concluding (1948)
- Nothing (1950)
- Doting (1952)
- Surviving: the Uncollected Writings of Henry Green (1992)
[edit] External links
- A review by Thomas C Foster
- "Reading Henry Green," by Brooke Allen, from The New Criterion
- The Paris Review Interview
- "Traveling With Class: Language and Politics in the Novels of Henry Green"
[edit] Books
Romancing: The Life and Work of Henry Green by Jeremy Treglown ISBN 0-571-16898-1
