Brigid Brophy

Brigid Antonia Brophy (born June 12, 1929, in London, England; died August 7, 1995, in Louth, Lincolnshire, England) was an English novelist, essayist, critic, biographer, and dramatist.

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June 12 - 1929 - London - England - August 7 - 1995 - Louth - Lincolnshire

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In the Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Novelists since 1960, S. J. Newman described her as "one of the oddest, most brilliant, and most enduring of 1960s symptoms." She was a feminist and pacifict who expressed controversial opinions on marriage, the Vietnam War, religious education in schools, sex, and pornography. In response to her outspokenness, Brophy was labeled many things, including "one of our leading literary shrews" by a Times Literary Supplement reviewer. "A lonely, ubiquitous toiler in the weekend graveyards, she has scored some direct hits on massive targets: Kingsley Amis, Henry Miller, Professor Wilson Knight."

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Vietnam War - Kingsley Amis - Henry Miller - Wilson Knight

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