Anthony Powell

Anthony Powell

Powell in 1934
Powell in 1934
BornAnthony Dymoke Powell
(1905-12-21)21 December 1905
London, England
Died28 March 2000(2000-03-28) (aged 94)
Whatley, Somerset, England
OccupationNovelist
Notable worksA Dance to the Music of Time
Spouse
(m. 1934)
Children2, including Tristram

Anthony Dymoke Powell CH CBE (/ˈpəl/ POH-əl;[1] 21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) was an English novelist best known for his 12-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975. It is on the list of longest novels in English.

Powell's major work has remained in print continuously and has been the subject of television and radio dramatisations. In 2008, The Times newspaper named Powell among their list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945."[2]

  1. ^ Michael Barber, Anthony Powell: A Life (London: Duckworth Overlook, 2004), 291
  2. ^ "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Times. 5 January 2008.

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