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Annie Bryher
| Novelist Date of Birth: 02.09.1894 Country: Great Britain |
Content:
- Early Life and Travel
- International Connections and Relationships
- Marriages
- Literary Contributions
- Swiss Residence and Wartime Efforts
- Later Years and Legacy
Early Life and Travel
Annie Winifred Ellerman was born in Margate, England, in 1894.
She was the illegitimate daughter of John Ellerman, a wealthy shipowner and financier.
Scilly bryher biography
As a child, she traveled extensively to France, Italy, and Egypt. When she was 14, her parents married. During one of her travels, she visited the Isles of Scilly and took on the pseudonym "Bryher" from the name of her favorite island.
International Connections and Relationships
As an adult, Bryher spent time abroad and befriended many notable figures of the time, including Havelock Ellis, Sigmund Freud, Norman Douglas, James Joyce, André Gide, Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Beach, Berenice Abbott, and Ernest Hemingway.
During her travels between the World War