Cyril Connolly

Cyril Connolly (10 September 1903 - 26 November 1974) was an English man of letters. He was born in Coventry in Warwickshire to a wealthy family of Anglo-Irish extraction. He was educated at St Cyprian's School and Eton College, at both of which he was an exact contemporary of George Orwell, who remained a life-long friend. Connolly later attended Balliol College, Oxford.

External Links

• 100 key books
• Connolly Library description at the University of Tulsa