Sylvia Townsend Warner

English writer, poet, activist (1893-1978) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 84

Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner was an English novelist, poet and musicologist, known for works such as the novels Lolly Willowes (1926) and The Corner That Held Them (1948), and the short story collection Kingdoms of Elfin (1977). She spent most of her adult life in partnership with the poet Valentine Ackland.

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