AuthorCollis, Maurice, 1889-1973
TitleMaurice Collis diaries : 1949-1969. [electronic resource] / Maurice Collis ; Louis Collis
Imprint London : Heinemann, 1977
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SUMMARY

Maurice Collis was a well-known writer and art critic from 1949 to 1960, he has ever stationed with the Indian Civil Service in Burma, After his death, his daughter, Louise Collis has selected his diaries and edited them. The Diaries of Maurice Collis illuminated many of the characters who played a large part in the artistic and literary life of that period. His diaries are fascinating picture of cultural London in 1950s and 1960s. As it can be seen from his diaries, Maurice Collis retained a strong interest in Burma, and furthermore, he viewed the people and events around him with perception and wrote about them with honesty and humor. Most of all, his diaries are very readable and something will be picked up again and again


SUBJECT

  1. Collis
  2. Maurice
  3. 1889-1973 -- Diaries
  4. Authors
  5. English -- 20th century -- Biography
  6. Diaries

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