Vernon Knowles (1899–1968) was an Australian writer, born in Adelaide.[1]
Vernon Knowles | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vernon Frank Knowles 1899 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Died | 1968 London |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1917-1947 |
He attended the University of Western Australia but did not complete a degree. With some encouragement from Walter Murdoch, he turned to writing. He became an expatriate, living mostly in England.[2]
Knowles wrote a series of fantasy stories, The Street of Queer Houses and other Tales.[3] Neil Barron has stated: "Knowles's work is in the tradition of Richard Garnett and has affinities with the work of Lord Dunsany and Donald Corley, but he affects a more naive and relaxed style than any of these. His best stories are amusing literary confections."[3]
He died in London in 1968.
Works
edit- Songs and Preludes (1917) poetry
- Lamps and Vine Leaves (1919), poetry, with Charles Rischbieth Jury[4] and Edward James Ranembe Morgan
- Bypaths (1921)
- The Street of Queer Houses: And Other Stories (1924)
- Poems (1925)
- Here and Otherwhere (1926) stories
- Beads of Coloured Days: a study in behaviour (1926)
- Silver Nutmegs (1927) stories
- The Ripening Years (1927) poetry
- The Ladder (1929)
- Pitiful Dust. A study in frustration (1931)
- Two and Two Make Five (1935)
- Eternity In An Hour, a study in childhood (1932) memoir
- The Experience of Poetry (1935)
- Prince Jonathan. A dramatic lyric (1935)
- Love Is My Enemy (1947)
- Sapphires: Here and Otherwhere and Silver Nutmegs (1978, reprint)
References
edit- ^ Austlit - Vernon Knowles
- ^ "Knowles, Vernon, 1899-1968". Lib.monash.edu.au. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ a b Neil Barron, Fantasy and horror : a critical and historical guide to literature, illustration, film, TV, radio, and the Internet.Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810835967
- ^ Wall, Barbara (22 August 1958). "Charles Rischbieth Jury (1893–1958)". Biography - Charles Rischbieth Jury - Australian Dictionary of Biography. Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
External links
edit- AustLit page
- A balance between sense and sensibility, 4 April 2007, article in The Australian
- Bibliography at Fantastic Fiction
- Vernon Knowles at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Vernon Knowles at Library of Congress, with 3 library catalogue records
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