Derek Patmore
Encyclopedia
Derek Coventry Patmore was a British writer. He was the great grandson of the poet Coventry Patmore
.
Patmore was educated at Uppingham School
. He worked as a war correspondent in the Balkans
and the Middle East
, writing for the News Chronicle
and the Daily Mail
.
Coventry Patmore
Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and critic best known for The Angel in the House, his narrative poem about an ideal happy marriage.-Youth:...
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Patmore was educated at Uppingham School
Uppingham School
Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school of the English public school tradition, situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England...
. He worked as a war correspondent in the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, writing for the News Chronicle
News Chronicle
The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper. It ceased publication on 17 October 1960, being absorbed into the Daily Mail. Its offices were in Bouverie Street, off Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8DP, England.-Daily Chronicle:...
and the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
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Works
- Selected Poems of Coventry Patmore, London, Chatto and Windus (1931)
- Portrait of my family, London, Cassell (1935)
- Colour schemes and moder furnishing, London & New York, The Studio (1947)
- Life and Times of Coventry Patmore, Oxford University Press (1949)
- A decorator's notebook, London, The Falcon Press (1952)
- Dark places of the heart : a novel, London, The Falcon Press (1953)
- Private History: An Autobiography (1960)
- D. H. Lawrence and the dominant male London, Covent Garden Press, (1970)
- Italian Pageant, London, Evans Bros. [1949]
- Invitation to Roumania, London, 1939