description: Sylvia Townsend Warner, who died in 1978, was a poet, novelist and writer of short stories. This biography makes use of her previously unpublished diaries, and those of her friend and lover, Valentine Ackland. It covers her early life as a musicologist and composer, her years as an active member of the Communist Party, her literary successes and her relationship with Valentine Ackland. Claire Harman edited "Collected Poems of Sylvia Townsend Warner" and "Selected Poems".
language: English
title: Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography
titlecomplete: Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography
genres: Biography, Poetry, British Literature, LGBT, Nonfiction, Feminism
ratings_count: 69
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann