Alice Meynell Author

Alice Meynell was a prolific and highly respected essayist, especially in the 1890s when her work began to be collected into books. The republication in that decade of her early poems, with some more recent ones, raised her reputation, and in later life she returned to writing memorable poetry. Her books of essays and poetry were often reprinted and she was celebrated as a columnist and reviewer. She died in 1922 at the age of 75.