Powys, TF (English spelling) PowysTF

Japanese: Powys,T.F.(英語表記)PowysTF
Powys, TF (English spelling) PowysTF

…At the age of 80, he surprised the world with his excellent works such as “Polyus” (1951), a romance from medieval North Wales, and “The Patient” (1952), a love story between two mentally ill patients. Llewellyn Powys (1884-1939), a Cambridge University graduate who was also a well-known traveling lecturer and author of “Ebony and Ivory” (1923) and “Grim Laughter” (1924), and Theodore Francis Powys (1875-1953), whose unique and depressing style of writing focused solely on the countryside of southern England, creating a microcosm in it that symbolizes the wicked world of today, and who wrote “Black Briony” (1923) and “Lady Weston’s Fine Wine” (1927), were both his brothers. [Kenzo Suzuki]. …

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…なお,80歳になって中世北ウェールズのロマンスを扱った《ポリウス》(1951),精神病患者どうしの恋を描いた《患者》(1952)などの優れた作品を出版し,世間を驚かせた。ケンブリッジ大学出身で巡回講師としても著名な,《黒檀と象牙》(1923),《険悪な笑い》(1924)の著者ルウェリン・ポーイスLlewellyn Powys(1884‐1939),特異で沈鬱な文体で南イングランドの田舎のみを描き続け,そこに悪意に満ちた現世を象徴する小宇宙をつくり出している,《ブラック・ブライオニー》(1923)や《ウェストン夫人の美酒》(1927)の著者セオドア・フランシス・ポーイスTheodore Francis Powys(1875‐1953)もともに彼の弟である。【鈴木 建三】。…

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