Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972)
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Author Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, England on January 17, 1883. He studied law at Magdalen College in Oxford, but stopped in 1907 to focus on his writing career. He served with British Intelligence during World War I and later published four books about his experiences during toon meer this time. He published ninety books including The Passionate Elopement, Carnival, and Sinister Street. He was also a broadcaster and founded and edited the magazine Gramophone. He was knighted in 1952 and died in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 30, 1972. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Photo by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1914 (courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery; image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)
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Werken van Compton Mackenzie
Echoes 8 exemplaren
Paper Lives 6 exemplaren
My Life and Times: Octave Six 1923-1930 6 exemplaren
The Old Men of the Sea 4 exemplaren
Catmint 3 exemplaren
Paradise for sale 3 exemplaren
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 2 exemplaren
Santa Claus in Summer 2 exemplaren
Cats' Company 2 exemplaren
Gramophone Nights 1 exemplaar
The Recruitment of Major Blenkinsop 1 exemplaar
Coral 1 exemplaar
For Sale 1 exemplaar
Calvary 1 exemplaar
Cernival 1 exemplaar
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Mieze 1 exemplaar
Darkening Green 1 exemplaar
The East Wind: The Religious Life of India 1 exemplaar
Ballet de ocho 1 exemplaar
The Gentleman in Grey 1 exemplaar
Sylvia Scarlett 1 exemplaar
Tante Marie's French Kitchen 1 exemplaar
Secret Island 1 exemplaar
Certain Aspects of Moral Courage 1 exemplaar
Look At Cats 1 exemplaar
Sidelight 1 exemplaar
The Vital Flame 1 exemplaar
Again to the North 1 exemplaar
A Musical Chair 1 exemplaar
The conceited doll 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Compton
- Geboortedatum
- 1883-01-17
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1972-11-30
- Graflocatie
- Eolaigearraidh, Barra, Western Isles, Scotland
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- West Hartlepool, Durham, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Opleiding
- St Paul's School, London
Oxford University(Magdalen College) - Beroepen
- novelist
playwright
spy (WWI)
co-founder of the Scottish National Party
biographer - Relaties
- Faith Compton Mackenzie (wife)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
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Book set in WWII/lesbian ladies going on holidays to Greek Island (not Lesvos) in Name that Book (oktober 2013)
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