Ford Madox Ford
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| Born | Ford Hermann Hueffer 17 December 1873 Merton, Surrey, England |
| Died | 26 June 1939 (aged 65) Deauville, France |
| Pen name | Ford Madox Hueffer |
| Occupation | Novelist, and publisher |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1892–1939 |
Ford Madox Ford (born Ford Hermann Hueffer (/ˈhɛfər/ HEF-ər); 17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.
Ford is now remembered for his novels The Good Soldier (1915), the Parade's End tetralogy (1924–28) and The Fifth Queen trilogy (1906–08). The Good Soldier is frequently included among the great literature of the 20th century, including the Modern Library 100 Best Novels,The Observer′s "100 Greatest Novels of All Time", and The Guardian′s "1000 novels everyone must read".
Ford was born in Wimbledon to Catherine Madox Brown and Francis Hueffer, the eldest of three; his brother was Oliver Madox Hueffer. Ford's father, who became music critic for The Times, was German and his mother English. His paternal grandfather was first to publish Westphalian poet and author Annette von Droste-Hülshoff.
Ford used the name of Ford Madox Hueffer, but in 1919 he changed it to Ford Madox Ford (allegedly after World War I because "Hueffer" sounded too Germanic) in honour of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written.
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