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Anthony Carson (1907-1973) was a journalist and comic travel writer who lived in London.
Biography
Anthony Carson was the literary pseudonym of Peter Brooke,[1] born Peter von Bohr.[2]
In the 1940s, he drank at The Wheatsheaf pub in Fitzrovia,[3] London with Dylan Thomas, Julian Maclaren-Ross, George Barker, Peter Vansittart, Mulk Raj Anand, Fred Urquhart, Paul Potts, and Tambimuttu.[2]
His portrait by Daniel Farson was included in the National Portrait Gallery exhibition, Famous in the Fifties: Photographs by Daniel Farson, in 2012.[4] He is also one of the subjects of Paul Johnson's 2011 book, Brief Lives.
Colin MacInnes described him in The Observer as "one of the few great English humorous writers of the century".[2]
Songs
- Violin: Sweet and Low Played the Bow written by Allan Gray & Peter Brooke, Sydney: J. Albert & Son, 1941
Novels & Travel Writing
- Our Lady of the Earthquakes, London: Cresset Press, 1940 (published as Peter Brooke)
- Any More for the Gondola, Essex: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1950
- A Train to Tarragona, London: Methuen & Co, 1957
- On to Timbuctoo, London: Methuen & Co, 1958
- Looking for a Bandit, London: Methuen & Co, 1961
- Poor Man's Mimosa, or, Journeys in Modern Europe, London: Methuen & Co, 1962
- Carson was here, London: Methuen & Co, 1962
- A Rose by any other Name, London: Methuen & Co, 1962
- Travels near and far out, Pantheon, 1963 (with a preface by Evelyn Waugh)
- The Hiccuping Cuckoo, London: Methuen & Co, 1965
- The Sin of Summer, London: Methuen & Co, 1965 (includes also The Adventures of Mr Quick)
- The Golden Kiss, London: Methuen & Co, 1966 (sequel to The Adventures of Mr Quick)
References
- ^ Carty, T. J. (1995). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language (1st ed.). London: Mansell; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 9781884964138.
- ^ a b c Mackay, Ralph. "Peter Brooke By Any Other Name". http://chumleyandpepys.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Howse, Christopher (2013). The Train in Spain. Bloomsbury. ISBN 1441198059.
- ^ "Press Release: Famous in the Fifties: Photographs by Daniel Farson". https://npg.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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