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Wyndham Lewis

British and Irish Literature

Percy Wyndham Lewis lived from 18 November 1882 to 7 March 1957. He was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic, and a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art. He edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. As a writer he is known for the novels Tarr, published in 1918, and The Apes of God, published in 1930, for the short story collection The Wild Body of 1927, and for his autobiography Blasting and Bombardiering, which appeared in 1937.

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Birth Year
1882 1
Death Year
1957 1
Gender
Male 1
Form Mostly Written
Novel 2
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In Genre

Satire, Genres
Source Wyndham Lewis (Wikipedia)

In Movement

Vorticism, Movements
Source Wyndham Lewis (Wikipedia)
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Source Wyndham Lewis (Wikipedia)English Wikipedia article, lead section [nationality]
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was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic
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1. Wyndham Lewis (Wikipedia)
  • English Wikipedia article, lead section
    18 November 1882-7 March 1957
  • English Wikipedia article, lead section [nationality]
    was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic
  • Article categories: Category:20th-century English male novelists
  • In Movement: Vorticism, English Wikipedia article, lead section [in-movement]
    co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art
  • In Genre: Satire, Wikipedia, Wyndham Lewis, literary works
    a biting satirical attack on the London literary scene
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2. Treccani (Enciclopedia Italiana): Wyndham Lewis - Enciclopedia Treccani
Treccani (Enciclopedia Italiana)Entry text
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cui originariamente convergevano motivi del futurismo e del cubismo. Scrisse romanzi e opere di critica in cui manifestò la sua vena satirica, polemica e pessimista. Vita Formatosi a Londra come pittore, viaggiò poi per tre anni in Europa. Tornato in Inghilterra (1909), entrò in contatto con E. Pou
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