Kenneth Morris (author)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox writer Kenneth Vennor Morris (31 July 1879 – 21 April 1937), sometimes using the Welsh form of his name Cenydd Morus,<ref>White, Donna R. A Century of Welsh Myth in Children's Literature, 1998 (p. 151).</ref> was a Welsh author and theosophist. Born in South Wales, he relocated to London with his family as a child, and was educated at Christ's Hospital. In 1896, he lived in Dublin for a while, where he became friends with George William Russell.<ref>Boyer, Robert and Zahorski, Kenneth. Visions and Imaginings: Classic Fantasy Fiction, Academy Chicago Publishers, 1992.</ref> From 1908 to 1930, Morris lived in California as a staffperson of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Point Loma. The last seven years of his life were spent back in his native Wales, during which time he founded seven Welsh theosophical lodges. Morris was a friend of Talbot Mundy, and the two writers often commentated on each other's work in magazine The Theosophical Path.<ref>Taves, Brian. Talbot Mundy: Philosopher of Adventure McFarland, 2006 (p.137).</ref>

According to Ursula K. Le Guin, Morris is one of the three master prose stylists of fantasy of the 20th century, together with E. R. Eddison and J. R. R. Tolkien.<ref>Le Guin, Ursula. The Language of the Night:Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy. Ultramarine Publishing, 1980 (p.88).</ref>

Works

• The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed (1914) As Cenydd Morus.
• The Crest-Wave of Evolution (1919-1921)
• The Secret Mountain and Other Tales (1926)
• Book of the Three Dragons (1930)
• The Chalchiuhite Dragon: A Tale of Toltec Times (1992)
• The Dragon Path: Collected Tales of Kenneth Morris (1995)

References

• Anderson, Douglas A. (1992). "Afterword". In Kenneth Morris, The Chalchiuhite Dragon. Theosophical University Press. Template:ISBN. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
• Anderson, Douglas A. (February/March 1992). "The Coming of the God", Sunrise.
• Anderson, Douglas A. (February/March 2005). "Book Review: Book of the Three Dragons ", Sunrise.
• McCaffery, R.J. (Spring 2000). "Kenneth Morris (1879–1937)", Eye Dialect (Issue Two). Template:Webarchive

External links

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Works online

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• The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed, online edition
• The Chalchiuhite Dragon:A Tale of Toltec Times, online edition
• Short stories, a play, and book excerpts. Template:Webarchive

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