Anthony Carson (writer)

Anthony Carson (1907-1973) was a British journalist and humorous travel writer.

Biography

Anthony Carson was the literary pseudonym of Peter Brooke,^[1] born Peter von Bohr.^[2]

In the 1940s, he drank at The Wheatsheaf pub in Fitzrovia,^[3] London with Dylan Thomas, Julian Maclaren-Ross, George Barker, Peter Vansittart, Mulk Raj Anand, Fred Urquhart, Paul Potts and Tambimuttu.^[2]

His portrait by Daniel Farson was included in the National Portrait Gallery exhibition, Famous in the Fifties: Photographs by Daniel Farson, in 2012.^[4] He is mentioned in the memoirs of Julian Maclaren Ross and Rupert Croft-Cooke,^[2] and is one of the subjects of Paul Johnson's book of biographies, Brief Lives (2011).

Colin MacInnes described him in The Observer as "one of the few great English humorous writers of the century".^[2]

Songs

Violin: Sweet and Low Played the Bow, written by Allan Gray & Peter Brooke, Sydney: J. Albert & Son, 1941

Novels & travel writing

Our Lady of the Earthquakes, London: Cresset Press, 1940 (published as Peter Brooke)
Any More for the Gondola, Essex: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1950
A Train to Tarragona, London: Methuen & Co, 1957
On to Timbuctoo, London: Methuen & Co, 1958
Looking for a Bandit, London: Methuen & Co, 1961
Poor Man's Mimosa, or, Journeys in Modern Europe, London: Methuen & Co, 1962
Carson was here, London: Methuen & Co, 1962
A Rose By Any Other Name, London: Methuen & Co, 1962
Travels Near and Far Out, Pantheon, 1963 (with a preface by Evelyn Waugh)
The Hiccuping Cuckoo, London: Methuen & Co, 1965
The Sin of Summer, London: Methuen & Co, 1965 (includes also The Adventures of Mr Quick)
The Golden Kiss, London: Methuen & Co, 1966 (sequel to The Adventures of Mr Quick)

References

^ Carty, T. J. (1995). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language (1st ed.). London: Mansell; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 9781884964138.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mackay, Ralph. "Peter Brooke By Any Other Name". Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ Howse, Christopher (2013). The Train in Spain. Bloomsbury. ISBN 1441198059.
^ "Press Release: Famous in the Fifties: Photographs by Daniel Farson". Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[1] Carty, T. J. (1995). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language (1st ed.). London: Mansell; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 9781884964138.

[RM-2] Mackay, Ralph. "Peter Brooke By Any Other Name". Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[3] Howse, Christopher (2013). The Train in Spain. Bloomsbury. ISBN 1441198059.

[4] "Press Release: Famous in the Fifties: Photographs by Daniel Farson". Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

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