Peter Quennell

British writer (1905-1993) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 88

Sir Peter Courtney Quennell was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, journalist, poet and critic. He wrote extensively on social history. In his Times obituary he was described as "the last genuine example of the English man of letters". Anthony Powell called him "The Last of the Mandarins".

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