elizabeth bowen

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Definition of elizabeth bowen in English English dictionary

born June 7, 1899, Dublin, Ire. died Feb. 22, 1973, London, Eng. Irish-born British novelist and short-story writer. Among her novels are The House in Paris (1935), The Death of the Heart (1938), and The Heat of the Day (1949). Her short-story collections include The Demon Lover (1945). Her finely wrought prose style frequently details uneasy and unfulfilling relationships among the upper middle class. Her essays appear in Collected Impressions (1950) and Afterthought (1962)

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Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen

born June 7, 1899, Dublin, Ire. died Feb. 22, 1973, London, Eng. Irish-born British novelist and short-story writer. Among her novels are The House in Paris (1935), The Death of the Heart (1938), and The Heat of the Day (1949). Her short-story collections include The Demon Lover (1945). Her finely wrought prose style frequently details uneasy and unfulfilling relationships among the upper middle class. Her essays appear in Collected Impressions (1950) and Afterthought (1962)

Hyphenation

E·liz·a·beth Bow·en

Turkish pronunciation

îlîzıbıth bōın

Pronunciation

/əˈləzəbəᴛʜ ˈbōən/ /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ ˈboʊən/