Joyce Cary

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Joyce Cary was an Anglo-Irish novelist best known for his innovative narrative techniques and comic yet profound portrayals of British society in the mid-20th century.

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Joyce Cary canonical 4

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instanceOf Anglo-Irish writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthName Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary ⓘ
burialPlace Oxford ⓘ
causeOfDeath amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ⓘ
motor neuron disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-12-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1957-03-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Edinburgh College of Art ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
employer British colonial service ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish ⓘ
genre comic fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
hasChild daughter ⓘ
son ⓘ
influencedBy British society in the mid-20th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch Nigerian Regiment ⓘ
movement 20th-century British literature ⓘ
name Joyce Cary ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork A Fearful Joy ⓘ
Charley Is My Darling ⓘ
Herself Surprised ⓘ
Mister Johnson ⓘ
The Horse's Mouth ⓘ
linked to: The Horse’s Mouth

To Be a Pilgrim ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
period mid-20th century ⓘ
placeOfBirth County Londonderry ⓘ
Derry ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ
residence Oxford ⓘ
servedIn Balkan Wars ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
spouse Gertrude Ogilvie ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Nigeria ⓘ
writingStyle comic yet philosophical tone ⓘ
innovative narrative techniques ⓘ
multiple first-person narrators ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joyce Cary → name → Joyce Cary ⓘ
Gulley Jimson → creator → Joyce Cary ⓘ