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Bookmark or Share- Olivia Manning - WikipediaOlivia Mary Manning CBE (2 March 1908 – 23 July 1980) was a British novelist, poet, writer, and reviewer. Her fiction and non-fiction, frequently detailing journeys and personal odysseys, were principally set in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Middle East.
- The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning - The GuardianFri 14 Aug 2015 07.30 EDT. When we board Olivia Manning’s Balkan Trilogy in September 1939, the Simplon Orient Express is into the second night of a slow steam across Europe; the Nazis have...
- Olivia Manning | Novelist, WWII, Balkans | BritannicaOlivia Manning (born March 2, 1908, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng.—died July 23, 1980, Ryde, Isle of Wight) was a British journalist and novelist, noted for her ambitious attempt to portray the panorama of modern history in a fictional framework.
- The Paris Review - Feminize Your Canon: Olivia ManningJune 13, 2018. Feminize Your Canon. Our new monthly column, Feminize Your Canon, explores the lives of underrated and underread female authors. The British novelist Olivia Manning spent her dogged, embittered career longing, largely in vain, for literary glory and a secure place in the English canon. Reassurances from friends that talented ...
- Olivia Manning: literature's brilliant, overlooked woman of warOlivia Manning: literature’s brilliant, overlooked woman of war. Her life was stranger than the extraordinary fiction inspired by it. As her Balkan Trilogy is reissued, Alice Vincent asks why it took so long for Olivia Manning's talent to be appreciated? 17 March 2021. How Olivia Manning's Bucharest found a 21st-century audience.
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