Background
He was born in Calcutta, India, studied at the University of Oxford (at Pembroke College and Street Antony"s College) and worked in publishing, drama and television
He was born in Calcutta, India, studied at the University of Oxford (at Pembroke College and Street Antony"s College) and worked in publishing, drama and television
Pembroke College.
Novels Bowen started writing books in the mid-1950s. The Truth Will Not Help Us: Embroidery on an Historical Theme. London, Chatto and Windus, 1956. After the Rain. London, Faber, 1958
New York, Ballantine, 1959.
The Centre of the Green.
London, Faber, 1959
New York, McDowellObolensky, 1960.
Storyboard. London, Faber, 1960.
The Birdcage. London, Faber, and New York, Harper, 1962.
A World Elsewhere.
London, Faber, 1965
New York, CowardMcCann, 1967. Squeak (1983) The McGuffin (1984) The Girls: A Story of Village Life. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1986
New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987.
Fighting Back. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1989.
The Precious Gift.
London, Sinclair Stevenson, 1992.
No Retreat. London, Sinclair Stevenson, 1994.
Plays In the mid-1960s Bowen switched to writing plays for theatre and television.
After the Rain (1966), based on his novel Play For Today Robin Redbreast (1970) A Ghost Story for Christmas The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) Play For Today A Photograph (1977) A Ghost Story for Christmas The Ice House (1978) ITV Sunday Night Thriller Dark Secret (Pts 1 & 2) (1981) Hetty Wainthrop Investigates (1995) Hetty Wainthrop: Woman of the Year (1996).