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BIOGRAPHY
Vera Brittain, poet and novelist, was born in Newcastle, England. Her father was Thomas Brittain, and her mother was Edith Bervan. She was educated at St. Monica's School and Somerville College in Oxford. She left school to serve as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse during World War I. Following the war she worked briefly as a teacher before devoting her time to writing. She became a pacifist and was involved with the Peace Pledge Union and served as vice-president of the national Peace Council.
Brittain published her first novel, THE DARK TIDE, when she was 30. The novel's feminist theme was met with protests in 1920s England. Her diaries were published posthumously in 1981 under the title CHRONICLE OF YOUTH.
Vera Brittain died in London, England in 1970.
CHRONOLOGY
1893 She was born in Newcastle, England.
1918 VERSES
1922 She moved to London.
1923 THE DARK TIDE; ANDERBY WOLD
1924 NOT WITHOUT HONOUR
1925 She married George C.G. Catlin.
1928 WOMEN'S WORK IN MODERN ENGLAND
1929 HALCYON, OR, THE FUTURE OF MONOGAMY
1931 POOR CAROLINE
1933 TESTAMENT OF YOUTH
1934 POEMS OF THE WAR AND AFTER
1936 SOUTH RIDING; HONOURABLE ESTATE
1937 LETTERS TO A FRIEND
1938 PAVEMENTS AT ANDERBY, BY WINIFRED HOLTBY; THRICE STRONGER
1940 TESTAMENT OF FRIENDSHIP; WAR-TIME LETTERS TO PEACE LOVERS; ENGLAND'S HOUR
1944 ACCOUNT RENDERED; SEED OF CHAOS
1945 ABOVE ALL NATIONS; FRIENDSHIP; SEARCH AFTER SUNRISE
1947 ON BECOMING A WRITER
1948 BORN 1924
1950 VALIANT PILGRIM
1951 SEARCH AFTER SUNRISE; THE STORY OF ST. MARTIN'S
1953 LADY INTO WOMAN
1957 TESTAMENT OF EXPERIENCE
1958 LONG SHADOWS
1960 THE WOMEN AT OXFORD; SELECTED LETTERS OF WINIFRED HOLTBY AND VERA BRITTAIN
1963 PETHICK-LAWRENCE
1964 THE REBEL PASSION
1965 ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY
1968 RADCLYFFE HALL: A CASE OF OBSCENITY?
1970 She died in London, England. (March 29)
1981 CHRONICLE OF YOUTH
1988 TESTAMENT OF PEACE LOVER; TESTAMENT OF A GENERATION
1989 WARTIME CHRONICLE
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