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| − | '''David Herbert Lawrence''' (Eastwood 1885 - Vence, France 1930) was an [[English]] [[writer]], critic, poet and [[painter]]. His first novel, The White Peacock (1911), launched Lawrence as a writer at the age of 25. | + | '''David Herbert Lawrence''' (Eastwood 1885 - Vence, France 1930) was an [[English]] [[writer]], critic, poet and [[painter]]. His first novel, ''The White Peacock'' (1911), launched Lawrence as a writer at the age of 25. |
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| | Lawrence was friend of [[Aldous Huxley]] with whom he traveled in [[Italy]] and [[France]] (1920s). | | Lawrence was friend of [[Aldous Huxley]] with whom he traveled in [[Italy]] and [[France]] (1920s). |
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| | In 1914, Lawrence married Frieda Von Richthofen. They lived in [[Italy]], [[Ceylon]], [[Australia]], [[New Mexico]] and [[Mexico]], as a voluntary exile. | | In 1914, Lawrence married Frieda Von Richthofen. They lived in [[Italy]], [[Ceylon]], [[Australia]], [[New Mexico]] and [[Mexico]], as a voluntary exile. |
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| − | The prolific D. H. Lawrence is best known for his novels ''Sons and Lovers'', ''The Rainbow'', ''Women in Love'' and ''Lady Chatterley's Lover''. ''Mr. Noon'', 1984, was his last published novel. ''"Snake"'' and ''"How Beastly the Bourgeoisie is"'' are probably his most anthologized poems. ''Lady Chatterly's Lover'', was banned for a time in both UK and the [[US]] as pornographic. The Plumed Serpent (1926) was about [[Mexico]] and its ancient [[Aztec]] religion. | + | The prolific D. H. Lawrence is best known for his novels ''Sons and Lovers'', ''The Rainbow'', ''Women in Love'' and ''Lady Chatterley's Lover''. ''Mr. Noon'', 1984, was his last published novel. "Snake" and "How Beastly the Bourgeoisie Is" are probably his most anthologized poems. ''Lady Chatterly's Lover'' was banned for a time in both UK and the [[US]] as pornographic. ''The Plumed Serpent'' (1926) was about [[Mexico]] and its ancient [[Aztec]] religion. |
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| | Lawrence won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. | | Lawrence won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. |
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