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Romer Wilson

ローマー・ウィルソン

Rōmā Wiruson

Aliases: Florence Roma Muir Wilson / Florence Wilson

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1891-12-26 （Sheffield）
Died
1930-01-11 （Lausanne） age 38
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Sheffield → Cambridge → Lausanne

Career

Occupations
novelist, writer
Active Years
1919-1930
Influenced By
Emily Brontë

Education

West Heath School
Period: 1906-1910
Year of Graduation: 1910
Country: United Kingdom
Girton College, Cambridge
Faculty of Law / Law
Year of Graduation: 1914
Country: United Kingdom
Completed studies with moderate success

Awards

Hawthornden Prize
1921
Work: The Death of Society: Conte de Fée Premier
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Martin Schüler

1919 novel

Her first novel

The Death of Society

1921 novel

Hawthornden Prize winner

All Alone: The Life and Private History of Emily Jane Brontë

1928 biography

Biography of Emily Brontë

Bibliography

  • Martin Schüler (1919)
  • If All These Young Men (1919)
  • The Death of Society (1921)
  • The Grand Tour of Alphonse Marichaud (1923)
  • Dragon's Blood (pre-1926)
  • Greenlow (1927)
  • The Social Climbers (1927)
  • Latterday Symphony (1927)
  • All Alone: The Life and Private History of Emily Jane Brontë (1928)
  • Green Magic (1928)
  • The Hill of Cloves (1929)
  • Silver Magic (1929)
  • Red Magic (1930)

Health

  • tuberculosis
    1920年代後半
    Cause of death

Legacy

British writer who wrote about 13 novels during the inter-war period. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize.

In Popular Culture

  • Praised by Storm Jameson for her genius

Quotes

  • In Romer Wilson, genius took the form of a short cut between her senses and her half-conscious mind.
    Source: Journey from the North (Storm Jameson) (1969)

Trivia

  • Sold potatoes for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries during WWI
  • Married American anthologist Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien in 1923