Brophy, Brigid, 1929-1995

Novelist.

From the description of Letters, 1961-1971. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 39309110

Epithet: afterwards Levey, writer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000237

Brigid Antonia Brophy, Lady Levey (1929-1995), was an English author of novels, biographies, essays, and other works.

From the description of Brigid Brophy collection, 1937-1953. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 671954285

British author.

From the description of Papers, 1962-1979. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 49930451

Brigid Brophy was a British novelist, essayist, critic, and social activist. Her work is often experimental and controversial; her subject matter and perspective toward established literary conventions contributed to a notoriety that colors her reputation today.

From the description of Brigid Brophy letters and post cards to Ian Hamilton, 1965-1966. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52863630

Brigid Brophy, 1929-1995, was a British novelist, essayist, critic, biographer, and dramatist.

From the guide to the Brophy mss., 1962-1979, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington))

"A lifelong crusader for multitudinous causes ranging from writers' rights and animal rights to sexual freedom, women's liberation, and vegetarianism, Brophy produced a varied and extensive body of work. Her best-known novels are The King of a Rainy Country (1956), The Finishing Touch (1963), and In Transit (1969). Admittedly influenced by Sigmund Freud's theories, Ronald Firbank's literary style, and G.B. Shaw's aesthetics, Brophy's writings express unconventional and controversial opinions about modern relations, religious education in schools, sexual psychology, pornography, and gender issues." (Excerpt from Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 105, 1998)

• 12 June 1929: Born in London, England
• 1947: Admitted to St. Hugh's College, Oxford University. Left Oxford in 1948.
• 1953: The Crown Princess and Other Stories, Viking (New York, NY)
• 1953: Hackenfeller's Ape, Hart-Davis (London)
• 1954: Married Michael Levey
• 1956: The King of a Rainy Country, Secker and Warburg (London)
• 1962: Black Ship to Hell, Harcourt (New York, NY)
• 1962: Flesh, Secker and Warburg (London)
• 1963: The Finishing Touch, Secker and Warburg (London)
• 1964: Mozart the Dramatist: A New View of Mozart, His Operas and His Age, Harcourt (New York, NY)
• 1964: The Snow Ball, Secker and Warburg (London)
• 1966: Don't Never Forget: Collected Views and Reviews, Cape (London)
• 1967: Religious Education in State Schools, pamphlet, Fabian Society (London)
• 1967: Co-author, with husband Michael Levey, and Charles Osbourne: Fifty Works of English and American Literature We Could Do Without, Rapp and Carroll (London)
• 1968: Black and White: A Portrait of Aubrey Beardsley, Cape (London)
• 1969: In Transit: A Heroicycle Novel, Macdonald and Co. (London)
• 1969: The Rights of Animals, Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society (London)
• 1972 - 1982 : Co-organizer, Writers' Action Group for Public Lending Right
• 1978: Palace Without Chairs: A Baroque Novel, Atheneum (New York, NY)
• 1981: Michael Levey is knighted; Brophy becomes Lady Levey
• 1983: A Guide to Public Lending Right, Gower (Hampshire, England)
• 1984: Diagnosed with multiple schlerosis
• 1987: Baroque 'n' Roll and Other Essays, David and Charles (North Pomfret, VT)
• 1989: Reads: A Collection of Essays, Cardinal (London)
• 7 August 1995: Died from multiple schlerosis in Louth, Lincolnshire, England

From the guide to the Brigid Brophy Collection, 1937-1953, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)