Writer, born in Brockley, near Lewisham, S London, UK. He served in World War 1, became a journalist, then turned to farming in Norfolk. He wrote several semi-autobiographical novels, including his long series A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight (195169), but is best known for his classic nature stories, such as Tarka the Otter (1927, Hawthornden Prize).
Henry Williamson (December 1, 1895 - August 13, 1977), prolific English author known for his natural and social history novels.
He told of his war experiences in The Wet Flanders Plain (1929), The Patriot's Progress (1930) and in many of his books in the semi-autobiographical 15-book series A Chronicle
of Ancient Sunlight (1951-1969).
After the war, he read Richard Jefferies' book The Story of My Heart.
In 1927, Williamson published his most acclaimed book, Tarka the Otter.
In 1935, Henry Williamson visited the National Socialist Congress at Nuremberg and was greatly impressed, particularly with the Hitler Youth movement. The Story of a Norfolk Farm is
based on his experiences.
At the start of World War II, Williamson was briefly held under Defence Regulation 18b for his well known political views but was released after only a weekend in police custody.
Bibliography
The Flax of Dreams - a tetralogy following the life of Willie Maddison
The Beautiful Years (1921)
Dandelion Days (1922)
The Dream of Fair Women (1924)
The Pathway (1928)
A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight - a semi-autobiographical series of 15 books following the life of Phillip Maddison from birth till the early 1950s.
The
Dark Lantern (1951)
Donkey Boy (1952)
Young Phillip Maddison (1953)
How Dear Is Life (1954)
A Fox Under My Cloak (1955)
The Golden Virgin (1957)
Love and
the Loveless (1958)
A Test to Destruction (1960)
The Innocent Moon (1961)
It Was the Nightingale (1962)
The Power of the Dead (1963)
The Phoenix Generation
(1965)
A Solitary War (1967)
Lucifer Before Sunrise (1967)
The Gale of the World (1969)
Other Works The Lone Swallows (1922)
The Peregrine’s Saga, and Other
Stories of the Country Green (1923)
The Old Stag (1926)
Tarka the Otter (1927)
The Linhay on the Downs (1929)
The Ackymals (1929)
The Wet Flanders Plain
(1929)
The Patriot’s Progress (1930)
The Village Book (1930)
The Labouring Life (1932)
The Wild Red Deer of Exmoor (1931)
The Star-born (1933)
The Gold
Falcon or the Haggard of Love (1933)
On Foot in Devon (1933)
The Linhay on the Downs and Other Adventures in the Old and New Worlds (1934)
Devon Holiday (1935)
Salar
the Salmon (1935)
Goodbye West Country (1937)
The Children of Shallowford (1939)
The Story of a Norfolk Farm (1941)
Genius of Friendship: T.E. Lawrence (1941)
As the Sun Shines (1941)
The Incoming of Summer (undated)
Life in A Devon Village (1945)
Tales of a Devon Village (1945)
The Sun in the Sands (1945)
The
Phasian Bird (1948)
The Scribbling Lark (1949)
Tales of Moorland and Estuary (1953)
A Clearwater Stream (1958)
In The Woods, a biographical fragment (1960)
The
Scandaroon (1972)
Posthumous writings published by the Henry Williamson Society Days of Wonder (1987)
From a Country Hilltop (1988)
A Breath of Country Air (2
vols, 1990-91)
Spring Days in Devon, and other Broadcasts (1992)
Pen and Plough: Further Broadcasts (1993)
Threnos for T.E. Lawrence and Other Writings (1994)
Green Fields
and Pavements (1995)
The Notebook of a Nature-lover (1996)
Words on the West Wind: Selected Essays from The Adelphi (2000)
Indian Summer Notebook: A Writer's Miscellany
(2001)
Heart of England: Contributions to the Evening Standard, 1939-41 (2003)
Chronicles of a Norfolk Farmer: Contributions to the Daily Express, 1937-39 (2004)
Stumberleap, and
other Devon Writings: Contributions to the Daily Express and Sunday Express, 1915-1935 (2005)
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