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Sylvia & Robert Lynd, and family. Courtesy National Portrait Gallery.
Sylvia Lynd (1888 - 21 February 1952) was an English poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist.
Life[]
Lynd was born Sylvia Dryhurst in London; her mother, suffragist writer Nora (Robinson) Dryhurst, and her father, A.R. Dryhurst, were both Dubliners.
She was educated at the Slade School of Art and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
In 1909 she married journalist and man of letters Robert Wilson Lynd. They lived in Hampstead, London, for many years.
In 1938 she met, and later kept up a long correspondence with, Canadian novelist Ethel Wilson, who credits Lynd with 1st encouraging her to submit her work to a publisher.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Thrush and the Jay. London: Constable, 1916; New York: E.P. Dutton, 1917.
- Sylvia Lynd. London: Ernest Benn (Augustan Books of English Poetry), 1920.[2]
- The Goldfinches. London: R. Cobden-Sanderson, 1920.
- The Yellow Placard. London: Gollancz, 1931.
- The Enemies. London: Dent, 1934.
- Sylvia Lynd. London: Humbert Wolfe, [193-?]
- Two Songs. Derbyshire, UK: Kenneth Hopkins, 1944.
- Collected Poems. London: Macmillan, 1945.
Novels[]
- The Chorus: A tale of love and folly. London: Constable, 1915.
- The Swallow Dive. London & New York: 1921.
Short fiction[]
- The Mulberry Bush, and other stories. London: Macmillan, 1925; New York: Minton, Balch, 1925; Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1970.
Non-fiction[]
- English Children. London: Collins (Britain in Pictures series), 1942.
Edited[]
- The Children's Omnibus: A story book for boys and girls (edited with Charles Kingsley). London: Gollancz, 1932.
- The Christmas Omnibus. London: Gollancz, 1932.
Early Morning, poem.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Ethel Wilson: Stories, essays, and letters (edited by David Stouck), University of British Columbia Press, 1987, 219. Google Books, Web, Nov. 19, 2014.
- ↑ Sylvia Lynd, Open Library, Internet Archive, Web, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Sylvia Lynd, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 19, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Hunting Song" in A Book of Women's Verse
- Sylvia Lind at PoemHunter ("The Return of the Goldfinches")
- Sylvia Lynd at AllPoetry (3 poems)
- Books
- Sylvia Lynd at the Online Books Page
- Sylvia Lynd at Amazon.com
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