Lacy Collison-Morley

Lacy Collison-Morley was an English writer, journalist, and translator who lived from 1875 to 1958. Library of Congress authority data records his death on September 29, 1958, and notes that the 1911 England census described him as an "author and journalist."

He wrote widely on Italy and its culture. Surviving catalog and library records connect him with books including Modern Italian Literature (1911), Shakespeare in Italy, Naples Through the Centuries, Italy after the Renaissance, The Story of the Borgias, The Story of the Sforzas, and The Early Medici. He is also remembered by many readers for Greek and Roman Ghost Stories, a compact collection that helped keep classical supernatural tales in circulation for modern audiences.

A modern archival record identifies him as a translator as well as a writer, which fits the broad, cross-cultural character of his work. Taken together, his books suggest an author who enjoyed opening up Italian history, literary life, and classical tradition for English-speaking readers in a straightforward, engaging way.