Vernon Knowles

Vernon Knowles (1899–1968) was an Australian author, born in Adelaide.[1]

For the politician in Ontario, Canada, see Vernon Charles Knowles.

Vernon Knowles
BornVernon Frank Knowles
1899
Adelaide, South Australia
Died1968
London
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active1893-1934

He attended the University of Western Australia but did not complete a degree. With some encouragement from Walter Murdoch, he turned to writing. He became an expatriate, living mostly in England.[2]

Knowles wrote a series of fantasy stories, The Street of Queer Houses and other Tales.[3] Neil Barron has stated: "Knowles's work is in the tradition of Richard Garnett and has affinities with the work of Lord Dunsany and Donald Corley, but he affects a more naive and relaxed style than any of these. His best stories are amusing literary confections."[3]

He died in London in 1968.

Works
  • Songs and Preludes (1917) poetry
  • Lamps and Vine Leaves (1919), poetry, with Charles Rischbieth Jury[4] and Edward James Ranembe Morgan
  • Bypaths (1921)
  • The Street of Queer Houses: And Other Stories (1924)
  • Poems (1925)
  • Here and Otherwhere (1926) stories
  • Beads of Coloured Days: a study in behaviour (1926)
  • Silver Nutmegs (1927) stories
  • The Ripening Years (1927) poetry
  • The Ladder (1929)
  • Pitiful Dust. A study in frustration (1931)
  • Two and Two Make Five (1935)
  • Eternity In An Hour, a study in childhood (1932) memoir
  • The Experience of Poetry (1935)
  • Prince Jonathan. A dramatic lyric (1935)
  • Love Is My Enemy (1947)
  • Sapphires: Here and Otherwhere and Silver Nutmegs (1978, reprint)
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References
  1. Austlit - Vernon Knowles
  2. "Knowles, Vernon, 1899-1968". Lib.monash.edu.au. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. Neil Barron, Fantasy and horror : a critical and historical guide to literature, illustration, film, TV, radio, and the Internet.Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1999. ISBN 0810835967
  4. Wall, Barbara (22 August 1958). "Biography - Charles Rischbieth Jury - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
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