author
Hamish Miles
1894–1937
Best remembered as a gifted translator from the French, he also wrote fiction and literary criticism of his own. His short life left a surprisingly wide trail through English literary culture of the 1920s and 1930s.
1 Audiobook
The Oxford Circus: A Novel of Oxford and Youth
by Hamish Miles, Raymond Mortimer
About the author
Hamish Miles (1894–1937), sometimes listed as James Edward Miles, was a British writer, critic, editor, and translator. Surviving catalog and bibliographic records show him as the author of works including The Oxford Circus and A War Museum: 1914–1918, and as the translator of a substantial range of French books into English.
He is especially associated with bringing the work of André Maurois to English-language readers. Library records and bibliographies link his name to translations of books such as Disraeli, Byron, A History of England, and other titles, suggesting that translation was a major part of his literary career.
Some later references note that he died in Edinburgh in 1937 at the age of forty-three. I could not confidently verify more personal details, so this overview stays close to what the available book and catalog sources confirm.