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C. P. Snow
AuthorBooks · Second hand1905-1980
Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow was an English novelist and physical chemist who also served in several important positions in the British Civil Service and briefly in the UK government. He is best known for his series of novels known collectively as Strangers and Brothers, and for "The Two Cultures", a 1959 lecture in which he laments the gulf between scientists and "literary intellectuals".
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Birth
1905
Death
1980
First book
1932
Years writing
94
C. P. Snow was renowned for his dual career as a physicist and novelist, bridging the worlds of science and literature.
His most influential work, The Two Cultures, explores the intellectual divide between scientists and humanists.
Beyond his prolific literary career, he held high-level political positions within the British government.
He was knighted in 1957 and later received the title of Baron Snow of the City of Leicester.
He shared his life and passion for writing with fellow novelist Pamela Hansford Johnson, whom he married in 1950.