Rosamond Lehmann

Rosamond Lehmann

BornRosamond Nina Lehmann
(1901-02-03)3 February 1901
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England
Died12 March 1990(1990-03-12) (aged 89)
London, England
OccupationWriter
GenreRomance
Spouse
(m. 1923; div. 1928)
(m. 1928; div. 1944)
[1][2]
PartnerCecil Day-Lewis (1941–1950)
Children2
ParentsRudolph Chambers Lehmann (father)
RelativesBeatrix Lehmann (sister)
John Lehmann (brother)
In the 1920s with (L–R) her brother John and Lytton Strachey

Rosamond Nina Lehmann[3] CBE (3 February 1901 – 12 March 1990) was an English novelist and translator. Her first novel, Dusty Answer (1927), was a succès de scandale; she subsequently became established in the literary world, and intimate with members of the Bloomsbury set. Her novel The Ballad and the Source received particular critical acclaim.

  1. ^ Sally Belfrage (3 December 1993). "Obituary: Lord Milford - People - News". The Independent. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Janus: The Papers of Rosamond Nina Lehmann". janus.lib.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2020.