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T.F. Powys

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In full:
Theodore Francis Powys
Born:
Dec. 20, 1875, Shirley, Derbyshire, Eng.
Died:
Nov. 27, 1953, Mappowder or Sturminster Newton, Dorset (aged 77)
Notable Works:
“Mr. Weston’s Good Wine”
Notable Family Members:
brother Llewelyn Powys
brother John Cowper Powys
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T.F. Powys (born Dec. 20, 1875, Shirley, Derbyshire, Eng.—died Nov. 27, 1953, Mappowder or Sturminster Newton, Dorset) was an English novelist and short-story writer whose works dealt mainly with the hardships and brutalities of rural life. The brother of the authors John Cowper and Llewelyn Powys, he did not go to a university but rather turned to farming for several years. Thereafter he lived frugally on an allowance from his father and on his income from writing. After his marriage in 1905, he settled in Dorset and lived the life of a near-recluse until his death. Of his eight novels, ...(100 of 147 words)

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