Ronald Blythe

Ronald Blythe
CBE, FRSL
Born
Ronald George Blythe

(1922-11-06)6 November 1922
Acton, Suffolk, England
Died14 January 2023(2023-01-14) (aged 100)
Wormingford, Essex, England
Occupation(s)Writer, essayist, editor
Known forAkenfield, "Word from Wormingford" (Church Times column)

Ronald George Blythe CBE FRSL (6 November 1922 – 14 January 2023) was a British writer, essayist and editor, best known for his work Akenfield (1969), an account of agricultural life in Suffolk from the turn of the century to the 1960s. He wrote a long-running and considerably praised weekly column in the Church Times entitled "Word from Wormingford".[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "In praise of ... Ronald Blythe", The Guardian, 5 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. ^ Doney, Malcolm. "Figure in a landscape" (requires subscription), Church Times, 2 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Ronald Blythe". Church Times. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.