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David Herbert Lawrence
Life Time
11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930
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He was born in Eastwood (Nottingham County) in the family of a miner. At the age of sixteen he was forced to leave school and began to work in a factory, but after the first attack of pneumonia, he had to leave his job. In 1902 he began teaching at home, and three years later he took up the pen. His first story was published in 1907 in a local newspaper. He graduated from University College and received a certificate of teacher. In 1908 he began teaching in Croydon (a suburb of London); soon his
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He was born in Eastwood (Nottingham County) in the family of a miner. At the age of sixteen he was forced to leave school and began to work in a factory, but after the first attack of pneumonia, he had to leave his job. In 1902 he began teaching at home, and three years later he took up the pen.
His first story was published in 1907 in a local newspaper. He graduated from University College and received a certificate of teacher. In 1908 he began teaching in Croydon (a suburb of London); soon his stories and poems were published in the English Review, and in 1911, on the recommendation of influential critic and writer Ford M. Ford, Lawrence’s first novel “White Peacock” was published.
From 1912, due to repeated bouts of pneumonia, Lawrence gave up teaching and became a professional writer. In 1913 saw the light of "Sons and Lovers" - the first of the infamous novels of Lawrence, shocked the general public. Other novels from the same series - "Rainbow" and "Women in Love"
After World War I, Lawrence left England for good and settled in Italy. In 1921, the Lawrence family decided to travel to the United States, not across the Atlantic, but through Sri Lanka and Australia. It was in Australia that Lawrence wrote the novel “Kangaroos” in six weeks, followed by “Crested Snake” (1926) and “Lady Chatterly’s Lover” (1928), first published almost underground.
Meanwhile, Lawrence's health continued to deteriorate and he moved to southern France, hoping to find relief on the Cote d'Azur. Lawrence died in Vance, and in 1935 his ashes were transported to Taos.