Brenan, Gerald ___ 1894-1987 ___ British (born in Malta) ___ writer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Brenan was born in Malta, the son of an English army officer, and spent his early years in India and South Africa. He studied at Radley College and Sandhurst, and did some travelling in Europe with John Hope-Johnstone before joining the 5th Gloucesters in 1914. At the end of the war, he was awarded the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre. In 1919, Brenan was introduced to the Bloomsbury group, and met Ralph Partridge, Lytton Strachey and Dora Carrington. The same year he went to Spain, and domiciled himself in the small village of Yegen. He had a brief affair with Carrington, who had recently married Ralph Partridge, nevertheless the three of them stayed friends. In 1930, he married an American poetess Gamel Woolsey. In 1934, the Brenans left Yegen to live in Churriana, but then, seven weeks after the civil war started in 1936, theyy went to Gibraltar and thence to England (where they lived at Aldbourne), not returning to Spain until 1953. Once back in Spain, Brenan wrote his most famous and autobiographical works, including 'South from Granada', 'A Life of One's Own', and 'A Personal Record'. Brenan was awarded the Order of Commander of the British Empire in 1982; and in 1984 was declared a living monument of Spain.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1914-1964 ___ social literary travel culture people love/sex Spain

WEB TEXT LINKS
a bit about
some mention
 

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Gerald Brenan's Personal Record 1920-1972
 

May 2005, September 2008, March 2013
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