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Lilian Helen Bowes Lyon (1895–1949) was a British poet. ==Biography== Born 23 December 1895〔Lilian Bowes Lyon's birth certificate states 23 December, however, her Death Notice in the Times incorrectly stated 22 December and this latter, incorrect date has been widely quoted〕 at Ridley Hall in Northumberland. She was the youngest daughter of the Honourable Francis Bowes Lyon.〔http://thepeerage.com/p1549.htm#i15490〕 and was a first cousin of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. During the First World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon helped at Glamis Castle (owned by her uncle) which became a convalescence home for soldiers. Her brother Charles Bowes Lyon was killed in the war on 23 October 1914, inspiring her poem "Battlefield" which was later published in "Bright Feather Fading". After the First World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon studied for a time at the University of Oxford and then moved to London. She was independently wealthy. In 1929, she met the writer William Plomer〔Peter F Alexander’s biography of William Plomer Oxford University Press〕 CBE and through him, Laurens van der Post.〔J D F Jones’s Biography of Laurens van der Post〕 She published two novels, "The Buried Stream" (1929) and "Under the Spreading Tree" (1931) but thereafter focused on poetry. Lilian Bowes Lyon published six individual collections with Jonathan Cape and a "Collected Poems" in 1948. Her "Collected Poems" contains an introduction by C. Day-Lewis who noted the influences of Emily Dickinson, Hopkins and Christina Rossetti. Her verse appeared in many periodicals and anthologies including "The Adelphi", "Country Life", "Kingdom Come", "The Listener", "The London Mercury, "The Lyric" (USA), "The Observer", "Orion", "Punch", "The Spectator", "Time and Tide and "Poetry" (USA).〔List of magazines published in taken from individual poetry collections〕 During the Second World War, Lilian Bowes Lyon moved to the East End where she used the Tilbury Docks unofficial air raid shelter and assisted with nursing the injured.〔Lilian Bowes Lyon article by Howard Watson at Oldpoetry.com〕 She also had several amputations due to thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's Disease), losing toes, a foot, her lower legs and eventually both her legs below her hips. She returned to her home in Kensington and continued to write poetry despite the thromboangitis obliterans beginning to affect her hands. These poems, found amongst William Plomer’s papers at University of Durham, were published in "Uncollected Poems" by Tragara Press.〔Tragara Press archives at the National Library of Scotland〕 She died on 25 July 1949. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lilian Bowes Lyon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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