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Cecil Roberts
1892–1976
A bestselling English novelist, poet, and journalist, he moved easily between fiction, memoir, and public life. His work drew on a career that stretched from newsroom editing to war reporting and diplomatic service.
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Scissors : A novel of youth
by Cecil Roberts
About the author
Born in Nottingham in 1892, Cecil Roberts was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, and novelist. He published poetry early in his career, then went on to write a long series of novels as well as travel books, biographies, and autobiographical works.
During the First World War he worked for the Liverpool Post, first as literary editor and later as a war correspondent. In the 1920s he edited the Nottingham Journal, and by the 1930s he had become a widely read and commercially successful author.
Roberts also served in public and diplomatic roles, including work connected with the British mission in the United States during the Second World War. He died in 1976, leaving behind a varied body of writing that mixes literary polish with the eye of an experienced reporter.