Elizabeth Bowen (Bowen Elizabeth)

(1899-1973)
Born January 7, 1899 in Bouenz-court (County Cork, Ireland). Creative career began with stories, . worked in this genre, and later, . achieved considerable success in the collections have Ann Lee (Ann Lee's, . 1926), . Embrace Charles (Joining Charles, . 1929), . Just look, . many roses (Look at All Those Roses, . 1941), . Demon Lover (The Demon Lover, . 1945) and Day in the Dark (A Day in the Dark, . 1965),
. Selected Stories (Collected Stories) Bowen were published in 1981. First novel Bowen - Hotel (The Hotel, . 1927) was followed last September (The Last September, . 1929), . Friends and relatives (Friends and Relations, . 1931), . To the north (To the North, . 1932), . House in Paris (The House in Paris, . 1935), . The Death of the heart (The Death of the Heart, . 1938), . The heat of the day (The Heat of the Day, . 1949), . The world of love (A World of Love, . 1955), . Girls (The Little Girls, . 1964) and Eva Trout (Eva Trout, . 1968),
. The action in these novels takes place alternately on the Riviera, in the Irish province, in Paris, London and Kent.
Bowen draws a sophisticated society, and analyzes it with deep insight and wit, it is characterized as a poetic perception of architecture and nature. Bowen belong to the critical work of British novelists (English Novelists, . 1942) and Selected impressions (Collected Impressions, . 1950), . Hotel Shelborn (The Shelbourne Hotel, . 1951), . In Rome (A Time in Rome, . 1960), . Seven winters (Seven Winters) and On reflection (Afterthoughts), . published in 1962 in one volume,
. Bowen died in London on February 22, 1973.