Rex Warner (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Rex Warner was described by the distinguished British author and literary critic V. S. Pritchett as “the only outstanding novelist of ideas whom the decade of ideas produced.” Warner was preeminently a novelist of ideas, a translator from Greek and Latin of great distinction, and a classicist of uncommon breadth and style. Reginald Ernest Warner was born in 1905. Educated at St. George’s School in Harpenden, he there showed his prowess at cricket and rugby football as well as in debating contemporary issues and in writing poetry, all the while excelling in classical studies. He...
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