Edward Upward
Edward Falaise Upward, FRSL (9 September 1903 – 13 February 2009) was a British novelist and short story writer who, prior to his death, was believed to be the UK's oldest living author. Initially gaining recognition amongst the Auden Group as a highly imaginative surrealist writer, in the 1930s he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain, after which his writing shifted towards Marxist realism. His literary career spanned over eighty years.
Edward Upward | |
|---|---|
Upward c. 1938 | |
| Born | 9 September 1903 Romford, Essex, England |
| Died | 13 February 2009 (aged 105) Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Writer, schoolteacher |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
| Period | 1920–2003 |
| Spouse |
Hilda Percival
(m. 1936; died 1995) |
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