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Brian Howard

Born

in Surrey, The United Kingdom

March 13, 1905

Died

January 15, 1958

Genre

Poetry

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Brian Christian de Claiborne Howard was an English poet, whose work belied a spectacularly precocious start in life; in the end he became more of a journalist, writing for the New Statesman. He entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the Oxford Wits. He was one of the Hypocrites group that included Harold Acton, Lord David Cecil, L. P. Hartley and Evelyn Waugh.

It has been suggested that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited.

At this time he had already been published as a poet, in A. R. Orage's The New Age, and the final Edith Sitwell Wheels anthology. He used the pseudonyms Jasper Proude and Charles Orange. His verse was also included in Oxfor ...more

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	Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster, Brian Howard, D.J. Taylor (Introduction) 3.94 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Save The King and Other Poems 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1931	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Failure has its successes.”
― Brian Howard

tags: failure, lost-generation, success

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