Joyce Cary

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Joyce Cary was an Anglo-Irish novelist best known for his innovative narrative techniques and comic yet profound portrayals of British society in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf Anglo-Irish writer
novelist
person
birthName Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary
burialPlace Oxford
causeOfDeath amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
motor neuron disease
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1888-12-07
dateOfDeath 1957-03-29
educatedAt Edinburgh College of Art
Paris
Trinity College Dublin
employer British colonial service
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish
genre comic fiction
novel
social commentary
hasChild daughter
son
influencedBy British society in the mid-20th century
languageOfWorkOrName English
militaryBranch Nigerian Regiment
movement 20th-century British literature
name Joyce Cary
nationality British
notableWork A Fearful Joy
Charley Is My Darling
Herself Surprised
Mister Johnson
The Horse's Mouth
linked to: The Horse’s Mouth

To Be a Pilgrim
occupation novelist
writer
period mid-20th century
placeOfBirth County Londonderry
Derry
Ireland
placeOfDeath England
Oxford
Oxfordshire
residence Oxford
servedIn Balkan Wars
First World War
linked to: World War I
spouse Gertrude Ogilvie
workLocation London
linked to: London, England

Nigeria
writingStyle comic yet philosophical tone
innovative narrative techniques
multiple first-person narrators

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Joyce Cary name Joyce Cary
Gulley Jimson creator Joyce Cary