Edward Upward
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) |
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.