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Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong (2 October 1882 – 24 February 1974) was an English writer and poet, known for his stories. Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge. During World War I he volunteered with the British Army and served in France as a Private in the Artists' Rifles. He was commissioned into the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, T.F. in 1915 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1916. He was included in the final Georgian Poetry anthology.

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  • Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong (* 2. Oktober 1882 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; † 24. Februar 1974) war ein britischer Schriftsteller, Dichter, Herausgeber und Journalist. Der insbesondere in den 1930er Jahren in England populäre Autor, der das Medium des Rundfunks zu nutzen wusste, schrieb in einer Vielzahl von Formen, um sich später auf Fiktion zu spezialisieren. Mit seinen bis heute im britischen Unterricht beliebten Gedichten zählte er ebenfalls zu den Vertretern der Georgian Poetry. Einige seiner Kurzgeschichten, die man zum Horror- oder Fantasygenre zählen kann, werden international in der Szene geschätzt und erfuhren zum Teil eine Verfilmung. (de)
  • Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong (1882-1974) fue un poeta y escritor inglés conocido por sus libros de relatos. Nació en Newcastle-upon-Tyne, y fue educado en Charterhouse y Pembroke College, Cambridge. Sirvió en el Ejército Británico en la Primera Guerra Mundial, en Francia. Fue incluido en la última antología de poetas georgianos. Se casó en 1929 con la escritora canadiense , después de que ésta se divorciase del escritor norteamaricano Conrad Aiken, lo que hizo a Armstrong padrastro de la joven escritora Joan Aiken. Armstrong aparece disimulado en un personaje de Ushant de Conrad Aiken. (es)
  • Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong (2 October 1882 – 24 February 1974) was an English writer and poet, known for his stories. Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge. During World War I he volunteered with the British Army and served in France as a Private in the Artists' Rifles. He was commissioned into the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, T.F. in 1915 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1916. He was included in the final Georgian Poetry anthology. (en)
  • Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong, född 2 oktober 1882, död 24 februari 1974, var en brittisk författare. Armstrong deltog efter studier vid Cambridge och resor i Italien i första världskriget. Efter återkomsten till Storbritannien debuterade han som författare, först som litterär kritiker i olika tidningar, bland annat The Spectator. Intimt förtrogen med fransk, italiensk och spansk litteratur, klassisk och modern, försökte Armstrong sig på skilda genrer. Som berättare anknöt han på ett självständigt sätt till äldre engelsk realistisk-humoristisk dikting, såsom i hans Collected poems (1931). Bland Armstrongs novellsamlingar märks The puppet show (1922), Sir Pompey and madame Juno (1927), The fiery-dive (1929), General Buntop's miracle (1934), A case of conscience (1937) och Simplicity Jones (1 (sv)
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