Winifred Holtby (June 23, 1898 - September 29, 1935) was an English novelist and journalist. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Born to a prosperous Yorkshire family, Holtby was educated at home by a governess and then at boarding school. Although she passed the entrance exam for Somerville College, Oxford, the First World War changed her plans. In early 1918, she joined the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), but soon after she arrived in France, the war came to an end. Full name Somerville College Motto Donec rursus impleat orbem Named after Mary Somerville Previous Names Somerville Hall Established 1879 Sister College Girton College Principal Dame Fiona Caldicott JCR President Simon Bruegger MCR President Allen Middlebro Location Woodstock Road, Oxford Undergraduates 396 Graduates 88 Homepage Boat Club Somerville College is one... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Womens Army Corps in World War II Over 150,000 American women served in the Womens Army Corps (WAC) during World War 11. ...

In 1919, she returned to Somerville and met Vera Brittain, with whom she was to maintain a lifelong friendship. Holtby and Brittain graduated together, and in 1921 they moved to London, hoping to establish themselves as writers. Holtby's early novels - Anderby Wold (1923), The Crowded Street (1924) and The Land of Green Ginger (1927) - met with moderate success. Jump to: navigation, search Vera Mary Brittain (1893 – March 29, 1970) was an English writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during the First World War and the growth of her ideology of Christian pacifism. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

Holtby was also a prolific journalist and, over the next decade and a half, she wrote for more than 20 newspapers and magazines, including the feminist journal Time and Tide and the Manchester Guardian newspaper. She wrote a regular weekly column for the trade union magazine The Schoolmistress. Her books during this period included a critical study of Virginia Woolf and a volume of short stories, Truth is Not Sober. Jump to: navigation, search Time and Tide is a 1982 album by New Zealand New Wave band Split Enz. ... The Guardian was also the name of a U.S. television series. ... Jump to: navigation, search Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was a British author and feminist, who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. ...

Like Brittain, Holtby was an ardent pacifist and lectured extensively for the League of Nations Union. Holtby gradually became more critical of the British class system and by the late 1920s she was active in the Independent Labour Party. Social class describes the relationships between people in hierarchical societies or cultures. ... The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a former political party in the United Kingdom. ...

In 1931, Holtby began to suffer from high blood pressure, recurrent headaches and bouts of lassitude. Eventually she was diagnosed as suffering from sclerosis of the kidneys. Her doctor gave her only two years to live. Aware of her impending death, Holtby put all her remaining energy into what became her most important book, South Riding. Winifred Holtby died on 29th September, 1935. South Riding was published the following year and received high praise from the critics. The book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 1937. Arterial hypertension, or high blood pressure is a medical condition where the blood pressure is chronically elevated. ... Founded in 1919, the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book awards in Britain. ...

Vera Brittain subsequently wrote about her friendship with Holtby in her book Testament of Friendship (1940). Jump to: navigation, search Vera Mary Brittain (1893 – March 29, 1970) was an English writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during the First World War and the growth of her ideology of Christian pacifism. ...

Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize

In 1967, the Royal Society of Literature instituted the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize for the best regional novel of the year. It was replaced in 2003 by the Ondaatje Prize. The Royal Society of Literature is the senior literary organisation in Britain. External link The Royal Society of Literature Categories: Literature stubs | Literature of the United Kingdom ...

• List of Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize award winners

External links

• Holtby biography in the Books and Writers website
• Holtby biography in the Literary Encyclopedia website