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A Week in Literary History

December 16th, 2002

In 1900, English critic and short story writer V.S. (Victor Sawdon) Pritchett (Blind Love, 1969) is born in Ipswich, Suffolk.

V.S. Pritchett, b. December 16, 1900, d. 1997

pritchett47.pngPritchett began his long career writing stories, but he will be remembered more for his essays on literature, which range far and wide, and for his memoirs and travel books. In all he published about sixty books, including ten in his sixties, nine in his seventies, and nine in his eighties!

Suggested Reading Stories The Spanish Virgin and Other Stories, 1930. You Make Your Own Life, 1938. It May Never Happen, 1945. When My Girl Comes Home, 1961. Complete Short Stories, 1990. Memoirs A Cab at the Door, 1968. Midnight Oil, 1971. Literary Criticism Complete Collected Essays, 1991. Travel The Spanish Temper, 1954. London Perceived, 1962. New York Proclaimed, 1965. Dublin: A Portrait, 1967.

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