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Rebecca West
AuthorBooks · Second hand1892-1983
Dame Cecily Isabel Fairfield, known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. An author who wrote in many genres, West reviewed books for The Times, the New York Herald Tribune, The Sunday Telegraph and The New Republic, and she was a correspondent for The Bookman.
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About Rebecca West
Birth
1892
Death
1983
Dame Cecily Isabel Fairfield, known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. An author who wrote in many genres, West reviewed books for The Times, the New York Herald Tribune, The Sunday Telegraph and The New Republic, and she was a correspondent for The Bookman.
Rebecca West was born in London in 1892 and became one of the most versatile literary figures of the 20th century.
She adopted the pseudonym Lynx to sign some of her most incisive writings.
Her prolific career spanned over 300 works, including novels, essays, and travelogues.
She was an active suffragette who used her writing to champion her political and social convictions.
Her work The Return of the Soldier is considered one of her most iconic and celebrated pieces.
