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Walter Ernest Allen (23 February 1911 – 28 February 1995) was an English literary critic and novelist and one of the Birmingham Group of authors.[1] He is best known for his classic study The English Novel: a Short Critical History (1951). He was born in Aston, Birmingham; he drew on his working-class roots for All in a Lifetime (1959), generally considered his best novel. He was educated at King Edward's Grammar School and the University of Birmingham,[2] graduating in 1932—his friends at that period included Henry Reed and Louis MacNeice. He taught and took numerous temporary academic positions. In 1935, he was a Visiting Lecturer in English in University of Iowa, Iowa city; from 1955-56 he was Visiting Professor of English at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; from 1963-64 he was Visiting Professor of English, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, and in 1967 he was at University of Kansas, Lawrence, and University of Washington, Seattle.[3] He also worked in journalism, being at one time literary editor of the New Statesman;[4] and was a broadcaster. In 1967 he took a position as Professor of English Studies at the University of Ulster. Allen published many novels early in his career mostly dealing with life of the working class in England. As I Walked down New Grub Street which accounts his meetings with prominent literary figures was published in 1982. After a significant break from fiction-writing for 27 years he published Get Out Early in 1986. [3] He was known as an editor of George Gissing. He wrote some poetry, which appeared in John Lehmann's publications in the 1940s. He left much writing in manuscript. He died in London. WorksNovels
Short stories
Criticism
Autobiography
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-walter-allen-1609644.html|title=Obituary: Walter Allen|publisher=}} {{Authority control}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2013}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Walter}}2. ^{{cite book |last=Head |first=Dominic |title=The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English |year=2006 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-83179-2 |page=20}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Vinson|first1=James|title=Contemporary Novelists|date=1972|publisher=St. James Press|location=London|isbn=0900997125|page=37}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Allen|title=Walter Allen - British writer|publisher=}} 8 : 1911 births|1995 deaths|People educated at King Edward VI Aston School|English literary critics|Alumni of the University of Birmingham|Academics of Ulster University|People from Birmingham, West Midlands|20th-century English novelists |
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