Henry Green (Henry Vincent Yorke)
(1905-1973), NovelistSitter associated with 2 portraits
Born in Tewkesbury Gloucestershire, Henry Green published his first novel, Blindness (1926), aged 18. He became managing director of his father's firm in Birmingham but also pursued a career as a novelist. His social satires, including Living (1929), Party Going (1939) and Loving (1945), are considered important works of English modernist literature. He also wrote the highly-regarded memoir, Pack my Bag (1940).
Henry Green (Henry Vincent Yorke)
by Jerry Bauer
gelatin silver print, mid 1960s
NPG P1977
Henry Green (Henry Vincent Yorke)
by Luke Kelly
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1970s
NPG x68947
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