Joe Randolph Ackerley (1896 - 1967)

Born 4 Nov 1896 in London, England, United Kingdom

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Died 4 Jun 1967 at age 70 in London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

J. R. Ackerly was a British writer and editor. Serving as literary editor of BBC's weekly magazine The Listener, he published many emerging poets and writers who became influential in Great Britain. He was openly homosexual at a time when homosexuality was forbidden by law and socially ostracized.^[1]

Joe was born in 1896. He was the son of Roger Ackerley and Janetta Aylward.^[2]

He passed away in 1967.

Bibliography

• The Prisoners of War (first performed 5 July 1925)
• Hindoo Holiday (1932, revised and expanded 1952)
• My Dog Tulip (1956)
• We Think the World of You (1960)

Works published posthumously:

• My Father and Myself (1968)
• E.M. Forster: A Portrait (1970)
• Micheldever and Other Poems (1972)
• The Ackerley Letters (1975), edited by Neville Braybrooke.
• My Sister and Myself (1982)

Other works

• Ackerley edited and wrote the introduction to Escapers All (1932)

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "J. R. Ackerley," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Ackerley (accessed July 28, 2017).
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9FP-JCK : 8 April 2016), Joe Ackerley in household of Teresa Aylward, Herne Bay, Kent, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Herne subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

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