Anthony Powell Society
The Anthony Powell Society is an international literary society dedicated to the works of the world-famous English novelist Anthony Powell. Membership is open to all interested in A Dance to the Music of Time and Powell's other works.
Powell was regarded by such writers as Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis as amongst the greatest British novelists of the 20th century, a view supported by present day critics like A. N. Wilson. He has been called the English equivalent of Marcel Proust. Powell's work remains the object of wide enthusiasm among a growing circle of readers.
The Society holds regular meetings in the UK (in the greater London region) and US (in the New York and Chicago metropolitan areas), and less frequently in Canada, Australia, Sweden and Japan. It publishes a journal, Secret Harmonies and a newsletter, mounts biennial conferences, and hosts an Internet discussion group.
Read more about Anthony Powell Society: Background and Aims, Exhibitions, Website, Widmerpool Award, Conferences
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