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J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
1881–1946
A British writer, translator, and barrister with a strong interest in Spain, he brought continental art, travel, and ideas to English-language readers in the early twentieth century. His books range from studies of painting and dance to vivid travel writing shaped by curiosity about European culture.
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Modern dancing and dancers
by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
About the author
Born in Yorkshire in 1881, John Ernest Crawford Flitch studied law at King's College, Cambridge, and became a barrister. Alongside his legal training, he built a literary career as an author and translator, and is especially associated with writing on Spanish subjects.
His work shows a wide set of interests. He wrote travel books such as A Little Journey in Spain and Mediterranean Moods, and also published on art and performance, including Modern Dancing and Dancers and a study of the National Gallery. He is also remembered as an English translator of Miguel de Unamuno.
Although not a widely known public figure today, Crawford Flitch left behind a body of writing that reflects the cosmopolitan tastes of the early 1900s: art, travel, and European intellectual life seen through an English lens. He died in 1946.