Meynell, Viola (1886–1956)

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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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