Meynell, Viola (1886–1956)
Meynell, Viola (1886–1956)
English writer, poet, and biographer. Born Viola Meynell at Phillimore Place, Kensington, in 1886; died 1956; dau. of Alice Meynell (1847–1922, writer) and Wilfred Meynell (journalist); m. John Dallyn, 1922; children: 1 son.
Published 1st novel, Lot Barrow (1913); produced 20 volumes of prose and poetry, as well as editing others, including selections from George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans); wrote a memoir of her mother, as well as one on her father's association with Francis Thompson, the poet; short stories, perhaps her best work, were collected (1957).
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BORN: 1844, Metz, France
DIED: 1896, Paris, France
NATIONALITY: French
GENRE: Fiction, poetry
MAJOR WORKS:
Saturnine Poems (1866)
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