Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (died 1969)

Ivy Compton-Burnett

English novelist (1884–1969)

Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, was an English novelist, published in the original editions as I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel Mother and Son. Her works consist mainly of dialogue and focus on family life among the late…