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Bliss, Eliot, 1903-1990

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1903-06-12 - 1990-12-10

Biography

Eliot Bliss was a Jamaican-born English novelist and poet of Anglo-Irish descent, whose literary friendships encompassed Anna Wickham, Dorothy Richardson, Jean Rhys, Romer Wilson and Vita Sackville-West.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

"Islands, Colors and Obsessions...", Undated

 Item
Identifier: 1981.010.2
Scope and Contents

...The Other and the Self in Three Creole Writers: Jean Rhys, Eliot Bliss, Phyllis Shand Allfrey".

Dates: Undated

"To be sexless, creedless, classless, free. Eliot Bliss: A Creole Writer", Undated

 Item
Identifier: 1981.010.2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: An artificial collection that consists of single and/or small groups of letters, small groups of related literary materials, individual or small groups of manuscripts such as poems and similar individual pieces which were deemed at one time to be of sufficient bulk to be placed into separate collections. These materials were acquired independently of larger collections. The period covered is primarily the first half or so of the twentieth century, but there are selected items dating well...
Dates: Undated