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Born August 13, 1884 • Dorchester • England
Died December 2, 1939 (aged 55) • Davos • Switzerland
Notable Works “Black Laughter” • “Impassioned Clay” • “Love and Death” • “Skin for Skin”
Notable Family Members brother T. F. Powys • brother John Cowper Powys
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