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Walter de la Mare

Walter de la Mare
Walter de la Mare by Lady Ottoline Morrell.jpg
Walter de la Mare in 1924
(photo by Lady Ottoline Morrell)
Born Walter John de la Mare
(1873-04-25)25 April 1873
Charlton, Kent, England
Died 22 June 1956(1956-06-22) (aged 83)
Twickenham, Surrey, England
Occupation Writer
Genre Poetry, supernatural fiction, children's literature
Notable awards James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1921
Carnegie Medal
1947

Walter John de la Mare OM CH (/ˈdɛləˌmɛər/; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for a highly acclaimed selection of subtle psychological horror stories, amongst them "Seaton's Aunt" and "All Hallows".

His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.

De la Mare was born in Kent at 83 Maryon Road, Charlton (now part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich), partly descended from a family of French Huguenots, and was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School. He was born to James Edward de la Mare, a principal at the Bank of England, and Lucy Sophia Browning (James' second wife), daughter of Scottish naval surgeon and author Dr Colin Arrott Browning. The suggestion that Lucy was related to poet Robert Browning has been found to be incorrect. He had two brothers, Francis Arthur Edward and James Herbert, and four sisters Florence Mary, Constance Eliza, Ethel (who died in infancy), and Ada Mary. De la Mare preferred to be known as 'Jack' by his family and friends as he disliked the name Walter.


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