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Barbara Pym, English author (died 1980)

Barbara Pym

English novelist (1913–1980)

Barbara Mary Crampton Pym was an English novelist. In the 1950s she published a series of social comedies, of which the best known are Excellent Women (1952) and A Glass of Blessings (1958). In 1977 her career was revived when the critic Lord David Cecil and the poet Philip…
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June 2

Day of the year

June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 212 days remain until the end of the year.
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