Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize (Newdigate Prize)
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Edition 0 (1910) Winner
Charles Henry Bewley
チャールズ・ヘンリー・ビューリー
Chāruzu Henrī Byūrī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1888-07-12 （Dublin, Ireland）
- Died
- 1969 （Rome, Italy） age 81
- Nationality
- Irish
- Languages
- English, German
- Religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Residence History
- Dublin, Ireland (birth–1920s) → Berlin, Germany (1921, 1933–1939) → Vatican City (1929–1933) → Rome, Italy (1945–1969)
Career
- Occupations
- Diplomat, Barrister, Poet
- Active Years
- 1910-1969
- Influenced By
- W. B. Yeats, Denis Fahey
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| New College, Oxford | Faculty of Law | Law | — | — | United Kingdom |
| King's Inns | — | Law | Barrister | — | Ireland |
Winchester College
Country:
United Kingdom
New College, Oxford
Faculty of Law
/ Law
Year of Graduation:
1910
Country:
United Kingdom
King's Inns
Law
Degree:
Barrister
Year of Graduation:
1914
Country:
Ireland
Called to the bar in 1914
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Newdigate Prize | Atlantis | — | University of Oxford | Winner |
| 1933 | Order of the Grand Cross of St Gregory the Great | — | — | Holy See | Knighted |
Newdigate Prize
1910
Work:
Atlantis
Organization:
University of Oxford
Result:
Winner
Order of the Grand Cross of St Gregory the Great
1933
Organization:
Holy See
Result:
Knighted
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Atlantis
1910 PoetryPoem that won the Newdigate Prize at Oxford University, on the theme of Atlantis.
AtlantisCeltic mythology
Memoirs of a Wild Goose
1989 MemoirPosthumously published memoirs edited by W.J. McCormack.
DiplomacyAutobiography
Hermann Göring
1956 BiographyBiography of Hermann Göring.
Nazism
Bibliography
- Atlantis
- Memoirs of a Wild Goose
- Hermann Göring
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic style influenced by Celtic mythology
- Recurring Motifs
- Rejection of Anglo-Irish heritage
Legacy
Irish diplomat notorious for pro-Nazi sympathies and antisemitism during his tenure as envoy to Berlin. Also a poet who won the Newdigate Prize. Died in Rome after the war.
Trivia
- Born into a wealthy Quaker family but converted to Roman Catholicism.
- Involved in a drunken brawl at a Jewish-owned music hall in Berlin in 1921.
- Post-war Irish passport described him as 'a person of no importance'.
- Became close friends in later years with Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, known as the 'Vatican Pimpernel' for saving Jews from Nazis.