# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cyril-connolly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:31:59.491Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/cyril-connolly"
name: "Cyril Connolly"
slug: "cyril-connolly"
description: "Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon (1940–49) and wrote Enemies of Promise (1938), which combined literary criticism with an autobiographical exploration of why he failed to become the successful author of fiction that he aspired to be in his youth."
tagline: "British author (1903–1974)"
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birthDate: "1903-09-10"
deathDate: "1974-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump