Sylvia Lynd

Sylvia Lynd (née Dryhurst) (1888 – 21 February 1952 ) was a poet, essayist, short story writer and novelist. She was born in London, her father A. R. Dryhurst being a Dubliner. She was educated at the Slade School of Art, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She married in 1909 the journalist and man of letters Robert Lynd. They lived in Hampstead, London for many years.

Poetry

 * The Thrush and the Jay. Constable, 1916.essays and poems
 * The Goldfinches (1920) poems
 * The Yellow Placard. Gollancz, 1931. poems
 * The Enemies. Dent, 1934. poems
 * Selected Poems of Sylvia Lynd. Macmillan, 1945.

Fiction

 * The Chorus (1916) novel
 * The Swallowdive (1921) novel
 * The Mulberry Bush (1925) short stories

Non-fiction

 * English Children. Britain in Pictures series, William Collins, 1942.

Edited

 * The Christmas Omnibus. Gollancz, 1932. (editor)