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.

Works

• The Rock Pool, 1935
• Enemies of Promise, 1938
• The Unquiet Grave, 1944
• The Condemned Playground, 1945
• Previous Convictions, 1964
• The Modern Movement: 100 Key Books From England, France, and America, 1880–1950, 1965
• The Evening Colonnade 1973