Willa Muir

Willa Muir (1890–1970) was a Scottish novelist, essayist and translator.[1]

Willa Muir
Born (1890-03-13)13 March 1890
Montrose, Scotland
Died 22 May 1970(1970-05-22) (aged 80)
Occupation Novelist, essayist, translator
Language English
Nationality Scotland
Genre Fiction, novel, short story, essay
Literary movement Modernism
Notable works Imagined Corners, Mrs Ritchie, Women: An Inquiry, The Trial (translator)

Life

Willa Muir was born Wilhelmina Johnston Anderson in Montrose in 1890. She studied Classics at the University of St Andrews, graduating in 1910. In 1919 she married the poet Edwin Muir.[1] Her book Women: An Inquiry is a book-length feminist essay.[1]

Works

Novels

Translations as Agnes Neill Scott

Translations by Willa and Edwin Muir

Other

References

  1. 1 2 3 Beth Dickson, British women writers : a critical reference guide edited by Janet Todd. New York : Continuum, 1989. ISBN 0804433348; (p. 487-9).

Further reading

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