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Douglas Goldring
1887–1960
A sharp, independent literary voice, he wrote criticism, novels, and memoir while moving through the lively world of early 20th-century British letters. His career also reflected strong convictions, including his later stance as a conscientious objector during the First World War.
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Streets, and Other Verses
by Douglas Goldring
About the author
Born in Greenwich in 1887 and dying in Deal, Kent, in 1960, Douglas Goldring was an English writer and journalist. He is remembered for a varied career that included fiction, criticism, memoir, and magazine work, giving him a place among the energetic literary personalities of his time.
Early in his career, he worked in publishing and editing, including service on the staff of The English Review under Ford Madox Ford. He also founded his own magazine, The Tramp, which connected him with important modern writers and artists of the period.
Goldring wrote across several forms, and his books show both a critic's eye and a personal, often candid voice. For listeners interested in the literary culture of the early 1900s, his work offers not just storytelling but a firsthand feel for the arguments, friendships, and ideals that shaped that era.