Cecil Roberts facts for kids
Cecil Roberts (born May 18, 1892 – died December 20, 1976) was an English writer. He was a journalist, a poet, a playwright, and a novelist. Cecil Roberts grew up in Nottingham, England.
Cecil Roberts' Career
Cecil Roberts started his writing journey early. He published his first book of poems in 1913. His first novel, Scissors, came out in 1923. By the 1930s, Roberts was a very popular author. His books were translated into 12 different languages.
He worked as a journalist for the Liverpool Post during the First World War. First, he was an editor for books and literature. Later, he became a war correspondent, reporting from the war zones. From 1920, he edited the daily Nottingham Journal for five years. In 1922, he tried to become a member of Parliament for the Liberal Party. In the 1930s, he wrote reviews about books for a newspaper called The Sphere.
During the Second World War, Roberts worked for Lord Halifax. Lord Halifax was the UK Ambassador to the United States.
Even though he wrote many books and was popular during his lifetime, his writings are not well-known today. Some people have said his novels had simple plots. They also felt the characters were not very deep. They thought his books often included too much travel writing.
Cecil Roberts' Life
Roberts once said that when he became an adult, he made a list of goals for the next 15 years. These goals included becoming a successful novelist. He also wanted to be a member of Parliament. He hoped to own a large country house and a small home in London. He also wanted to get married and have two sons and a daughter. He achieved some of these goals, but not all of them.
In the early 1950s, Roberts moved to Italy. He lived in Alassio for a while. Then, he lived for many years in the Grand Hotel in Rome. In 1966, he received the Italian Gold Medal. This was a special award from Italy. In 1975, he gave his important papers to Churchill College, Cambridge. He passed away in Rome in 1976.
Cecil Roberts' Books
- Phyllistrata (1913)
- Through the Eyes of Youth (1914)
- The Youth of Beauty (1915)
- Collected War Poems (1916)
- The Chelsea Cherub (1917) novel
- Twenty-Six (1917)
- Charing Cross (1918)
- Training the Airmen (1919)
- Poems (1920)
- A Tale of Young Lovers (1922) poetic drama
- Scissors (1923) novel
- Sails of Sunset (1924) novel
- The Love Rack (1925) novel
- Little Mrs. Manington (1926) novel
- The Diary of Russell Beresford (1927) editor
- Sagusto (1927) novel
- David and Diana (1928) novel
- Goose Fair (1928)
- Indiana Jane (1929) novel
- Pamela's Spring Song (1929) novel (@)
- Goose Fair (1929)
- Havana Bound (1930) novel
- Spears Against Us (1930) novel (@)
- Bargain Basement (1931) novel
- Half Way: an autobiography (1931)
- Alfred Fripp (1932) biography
- Pilgrim Cottage (1933) trilogy: includes The Guests Arrive and Volcano (*)
- The Pilgrim Cottage Omnibus (*)
- Gone Rustic (1934) (*)
- The Guests Arrive (1934) (*)
- Volcano (1935) (*)
- Gone Rambling (1935) (*)
- Gone Afield (1936) (*)
- Gone Sunwards (1936) (*)
- Victoria, Four-Thirty (1937) novel (@)
- They Wanted to Live (1939) novel (@)
- And So to Bath (1940) (*)
- A Man Arose (1941) poem on Winston Churchill
- Letters from Jim (1941) editor
- One Small Candle (1942)
- So Immortal a Flower (1944)
- The Labyrinth (1944)
- And So to America (1946)
- Eight for Eternity (1947)
- And So to Rome (1950)
- A Terrace in the Sun (1951)
- One Year of Life (1952) memoir
- The Remarkable Young Man (1954)
- Portal to Paradise: an Italian excursion (1955)
- Love Is Like That (1957)
- Selected Poems (1960)
- Wide Is the Horizon (1962)
- Grand Cruise (1963)
- A Flight of Birds (1966)
- The Growing Boy (1967) autobiography (i)
- The Years of Promise autobiography (ii)
- The Bright Twenties (1970) autobiography (iii)
- Sunshine and Shadow (1972) autobiography (iv)
- Pleasant Years (1974) autobiography (v)
- Wings poem
(*)=The "Pilgrim Cottage" books (@)=The "Inside Europe" novels
