Edward Upward

(1903-2009)

British writer

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Edward Falaise Upward, FRSL (9 September 1903 – 13 February 2009) was a British novelist and short story writer who, prior to his death, was believed to be the UK's oldest living author. Initially gaining recognition amongst the Auden Group as a highly imaginative surrealist writer, in the 1930s he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain, after which his writing shifted towards Marxist realism. His literary career spanned over eighty years.

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Born	9 September 1903 Romford, England
Died	13 February 2009 (aged 105) Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
Zodiac	Virgo
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