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{{Short description|English literary critic and novelist}} {{distinguish|Jack Allen (footballer, born 1889)}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} [[File:Walter Ernest Allen.jpg|thumb|right|Allen in January 1959.]] '''Walter Ernest Allen''' (23 February 1911 β 28 February 1995) was an English literary critic and novelist and one of the [[Birmingham Group (authors)|Birmingham Group]] of authors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-walter-allen-1609644.html|title=Obituary: Walter Allen|work=[[The Independent]]|author=Christopher Hawtree|date=22 October 2011}}</ref> He is best known for his classic study ''The English Novel: a Short Critical History'' (1951).
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