Walter De la Mare
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Walter John de la Mare, born 25 April 1873 to June 26, 1956, was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist.
He is probably best known for his children's writings, for his poem "The Listeners," and for a slew of subtle psychological horror books, including "Seaton's Aunt" and "All Hallows." Memoirs of a Midget, a 1921 literary award winner, was a winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and his post-war Collected Stories for Children received the Carnegie Medal for British children's books.
Life
De la Mare was born in Kent at 83, Maryon Road, Charlton (now part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich) and partially descends from a French Huguenot silk merchants, and was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School. He was born to James Edward de la Mare (1811-1877), a principal at the Bank of England, and James' second wife Lucy Sophia (1838–1920), the daughter of Scottish naval surgeon and author Dr. Colin Arrott Browning. Lucy's belief that she was related to poet Robert Browning has been found to be inaccurate. He had two brothers, Francis Arthur Herbert and James Herbert, as well as four sisters Florence Mary, Constance Eliza, Ethel (who died in infancy), and Ada Mary. Since he disliked the word Walter, de la Mare preferred to be referred to as "Jack" by his family and friends.
He worked in the statistics department of Standard Oil in London for eighteen years to help his family, but he took time to write. He received a Civil List pension in 1908, which enabled him to concentrate on writing.
de la Mare began attending the Esperanza Amateur Dramatics Club in 1892, where he met and fell in love with (Constance) Elfrida Ingpen, the leading lady, who was ten years older than he was. William Alfred Ingpen, her father's son, was clerk to the insolvent debtors' court and clerk of the rules. Richard Herbert Ingpen, Colin, Florence, and Lucy Elfrida de la Mare were married on August 4th, 1899, and they went on to have four children: Richard Herbert Ingpen, Colin, Florence, and Lucy Elfrida de la Mare. The new family lived in Beckenham and Anerley from 1899 to 1924. The children were born in Beckenham on Mackenzie Road; the family then moved to Samos Road, Anerley, then Worbeck Road, Anerley, and Thornsett Road. During this period, Song of Childhood, Walter Ramal's first book of poetry, and the book Henry Brocken were published. Many parties descended on Anerley, south London, for their unique games of charades. de la Mare lived at Hill House, Taplow, from 1925 to 1939.
Elfrida's wife was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1940 and spent the remainder of her life as an invalid, eventually dying in 1943. de la Mare lived in South End House, Montpelier Row, Twickenham, the same street on which Alfred, Lord Tennyson, lived a century ago, from 1940 to his death. He received the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for his collection of Children (Faber and Faber, 1947), recognizing the year's best children's book by a British topic. It was the first time a collection was deemed worthy of the award.
In 1947, de la Mare died of a coronary thrombosis and transplanted another in 1956. He spent his remaining year bedridden, being cared for by a nurse who he adored but not had a physical contact with. His remains are laid to rest in the Cathedral's crypt, where he had once been a choirboy.
