All You Want to Know About D. H. Lawrence

The English poet, novelist, essayist, playwright and critic David Herbert Richard Lawrence (D. H. Lawrence) was born in Nottinghamshire, England in 1885, he is one among the influential writer of twentieth century. His works was banned until 1959 in United States. Lawrence's collected work is a masterpiece which exposes the dehumanizing nature of the modern world,in the second half of his life he had face many issues that causes more enemies to him because of his creative and bold writing. E. M. Forster addressed him as  "The greatest imaginative novelist of our generation". 

Born	David Herbert Richards Lawrence 11 September 1885 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Died	2 March 1930 (aged 44) Vence, France
Occupation	Novelist, poet
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Nottingham
Period	1907–1930
Genre	Modernism
Notable works	·         Novel: Sons and Lovers The Rainbow Women in Love John Thomas and Lady Jane Lady Chatterley's Lover ·         Short Story: Odour of Chrysanthemums The Virgin and the Gypsy The Rocking-Horse Winner

Facts

• D.H. Lawrence's first book The White Peacock was published in 1910.

• His second novel was The Trespasser, published in 1912.

• D. H. Lawrence proposed to Louie Burrows, an old college friend. Soon after he met his old professor's wife Frieda von Richthofen and fell in love with her.

• D. H. Lawrence's first play The Daughter-in-Law was published in 1912.

• In 1913 D. H. Lawrence published Love Poems and Others, a book of poetry.

• D. H. Lawrence and Frieda married on July 13th, 1914.

• His next book The Prussian was a short story collection.

• In 1915 D.H. Lawrence's book The Rainbow was published but was condemned for its sexual content.

• With World War I, D.H. Lawrence and his German wife were banished from Cornwall and they traveled continuously, staying with friends. During this time he published four more poetry books including Amores, Look! We Have Come Through!, New Poems, and Bay: A Book of Poems.

• In 1920, in Italy, D.H. Lawrence published Women in Love, and in 1922 a book of short stories titled My England and other Stories was published.

• D.H. Lawrence traveled to America in 1922, and wrote Studies in Classic American Literature.

• D. H. Lawrence wrote Boy in the Bush (1924), St. Mawr (1925), and The Plumed Serpent (1926) while in the United States, on a ranch in New Mexico.

• He went back to Italy in 1927 after developing tuberculosis. There he wrote Lady Chatterley's Lover. It was published in Italy in 1928, but it was banned in the United States until 1958 due to its graphic sexual content. It was banned in England until 1960, until a jury ruled in favor of Penguin Books.

• D.H. Lawrence died in Venice, Italy at the age of 44, on March 2nd, 1930.

• Although he had been considered a crude writer during his lifetime, his works have become well-regarded and he is now considered to be one of the 20th century's greatest modernist writers.

Famous Quotes Of D.H. Lawrence

"But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions."

"My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so easily. "

"I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets."

"Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved."

"Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration."

"Never trust the artist. Trust the tale."

"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically."

"Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken."

"Men! The only animal in the world to fear. "

"In every living thing there is the desire for love. "