Sylvia Lynd (1888 – 21 February 1952 ) was a poet, essayist, short story writer and novelist. She was born in London, her father A. R. Dryhurst being a Dubliner

Dubliner

A Dubliner is a person from Dublin in Ireland.Dubliner could also refer to one of the following:*Dubliners: collection of short stories by James Joyce*The Dubliners: Irish folk band*The Dubliner: contemporary commentary on Dublin...

. She was educated at the Slade School of Art, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...

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She married in 1909 the journalist and man of letters Robert Lynd

Robert Wilson Lynd

Robert Wilson Lynd was an Irish writer, an urbane literary essayist and strong Irish nationalist.-Life and career:He was born in Belfast and educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, studying at Queen's University...

. They lived in Hampstead

Hampstead

Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...

, London for many years.

Works

• The Chorus (1916) novel
• The Thrush and the Jay (1916) Constable, essays and poems
• The Goldfinches (1920) poems
• The Swallowdive (1921) novel
• The Mulberry Bush (1925) short stories
• The Yellow Placard (1931) Gollancz, poems
• The Christmas Omnibus (1932) Gollancz (editor)
• The Enemies (1934) Dent, poems
• English Children (1942) Britain in Pictures series, William Collins
• Selected Poems of Sylvia Lynd (1945) Macmillan