Arnold Bennett

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Arnold Bennett was a prominent English novelist and playwright best known for his realistic depictions of provincial life in the Potteries during the early 20th century.

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instanceOf human
novelist
playwright
awardReceived James Tait Black Memorial Prize
surface form: James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
birthName Arnold Bennett self-linksurface differs
surface form: Enoch Arnold Bennett
burialPlace Burslem Cemetery, Stoke-on-Trent, England
causeOfDeath typhoid fever
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1867-05-27
dateOfDeath 1931-03-27
educatedAt Middle School, Newcastle-under-Lyme
employer New Age magazine
Woman magazine
genre drama
novel
realist fiction
influenced John Braine
Sir Kingsley Amis
surface form: Kingsley Amis

mid-20th-century British novelists
influencedBy Honoré de Balzac
Émile Zola
knownFor The Five Towns stories
surface form: Five Towns novels

realistic depictions of provincial life in the Potteries
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement realism
name Arnold Bennett self-link
notableWork Anna of the Five Towns
Buried Alive
Clayhanger
Hilda Lessways
Riceyman Steps
The Card
The Grand Babylon Hotel
The Old Wives’ Tale
surface form: The Old Wives' Tale

These Twain
occupation critic
journalist
novelist
playwright
partner Dorothy Cheston Bennett
placeOfBirth Hanley, Staffordshire, England
placeOfDeath London, England
positionHeld assistant editor of Woman magazine
religion agnosticism
residence London, England
Paris
surface form: Paris, France
spouse Marguerite Soulié
writingPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century

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Arnold Bennett birthName Arnold Bennett self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Enoch Arnold Bennett
Bennett hasNotableBearer Arnold Bennett
Burslem hasNotablePerson Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett name Arnold Bennett self-link
Edwardian era notableAuthor Arnold Bennett