Vernon Knowles
Australian writer (1899–1968)
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Vernon Knowles (17 April 1899 – 9 July 1968) was an Australian writer, born in Adelaide.[1]
Born
1899
Vernon Frank Knowles
1899
Adelaide, South Australia
Died1968 (aged 68–69)
London
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Vernon Knowles | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vernon Frank Knowles 1899 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Died | 1968 (aged 68–69) London |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1917–1947 |
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)
