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- catalog abstract "Dan Davin was a man of paradoxes: a New Zealander who lived most of his life in Oxford; a man of action who fought in the front line during the Second World War, and made his reputation as a publisher and novelist; a devoted family man who nevertheless led a passionate personal life outside his marriage. Born into an Irish Catholic working-class family in the New Zealand province of Southland, Davin prospered through his intellectual prowess, eventually winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in 1935. At the outbreak of war he joined the army and served with the New Zealand Division in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy. The future official historian of the Crete campaign, he served in army intelligence before settling in London and then Oxford, where he began publishing his novels and made the friendship of fellow writers including Dylan Thomas and Julian Maclaren-Ross. He rose to become Academic Publisher at Oxford University Press, instrumental in the publication of major scholarly works and the friend and confidant of Louis MacNeice, Joyce Cary, A.J.P. Taylor and many others. His often turbulent private life, in contrast to the domestic stability of the home that he made with his extraordinary wife Winnie, and their three daughters, nevertheless was central to his creative life until the tragedy and distress of his last years.".
- catalog contributor b9062872.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Born into an Irish Catholic working-class family in the New Zealand province of Southland, Davin prospered through his intellectual prowess, eventually winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in 1935. At the outbreak of war he joined the army and served with the New Zealand Division in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy.".
- catalog description "Dan Davin was a man of paradoxes: a New Zealander who lived most of his life in Oxford; a man of action who fought in the front line during the Second World War, and made his reputation as a publisher and novelist; a devoted family man who nevertheless led a passionate personal life outside his marriage.".
- catalog description "His often turbulent private life, in contrast to the domestic stability of the home that he made with his extraordinary wife Winnie, and their three daughters, nevertheless was central to his creative life until the tragedy and distress of his last years.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-447) and index.".
- catalog description "The future official historian of the Crete campaign, he served in army intelligence before settling in London and then Oxford, where he began publishing his novels and made the friendship of fellow writers including Dylan Thomas and Julian Maclaren-Ross. He rose to become Academic Publisher at Oxford University Press, instrumental in the publication of major scholarly works and the friend and confidant of Louis MacNeice, Joyce Cary, A.J.P. Taylor and many others.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 469 p., [4] p. of plates ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Fighting withdrawal.".
- catalog identifier "0192123351".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fighting withdrawal.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Fighting withdrawal.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "New Zealand".
- catalog spatial "New Zealand.".
- catalog subject "823 B 20".
- catalog subject "Davin, Dan, 1913-1990 Biography.".
- catalog subject "Davin, Dan, 1913-1990.".
- catalog subject "Novelists, New Zealand 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Oxford University Press Employees Biography.".
- catalog subject "PR9639.3.D35 Z8 1996".
- catalog subject "Publishers and publishing Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "Soldiers New Zealand Biography.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 New Zealand.".
- catalog title "A fighting withdrawal : the life of Dan Davin, writer, soldier, publisher / Keith Ovenden.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".