Editing Leonard Woolf (section)

==Writing==
After marriage, Woolf turned to writing and published his first novel, ''[[The Village in the Jungle]]'' (1913), which is based on his years in Ceylon. A series of books followed at roughly bi-annual intervals.

On the [[Military Service Act 1916|introduction of conscription in 1916]], during the First World War, Woolf was rejected for military service on medical grounds and turned to politics and sociology. He joined the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and the [[Fabian Society]], and became a regular contributor to the ''[[New Statesman]]''. In 1916, he wrote ''International Government'', proposing an international agency to enforce world peace. He stood as the Labour candidate for the [[Combined English Universities (UK Parliament constituency)|Combined English Universities]] in 1922.

As his wife's mental health worsened, Woolf devoted much of his time to caring for her (he himself suffered from depression). In 1917, the Woolfs bought a small hand-operated printing press and with it, they founded the [[Hogarth Press]]. Their first project was a pamphlet, hand-printed and bound by themselves. Within ten years the Press had become a full-scale publishing house, issuing Virginia's novels, Leonard's tracts and, among other works, the first edition of [[T. S. Eliot]]'s ''[[The Waste Land]]''. Woolf continued as the main director of the Press until his death. His wife suffered from severe bouts of mental illness throughout her life, until her suicide by drowning in 1941. Later, Leonard fell in love with a married artist, [[Trekkie Parsons]].

In 1919, Woolf became editor of the ''International Review''. He also edited the international section of the ''Contemporary Review'' from 1920 to 1922. He was literary editor of ''[[The Nation and Athenaeum]]'' (generally referred to simply as ''The Nation'') from 1923 to 1930, and joint founder and editor of ''[[The Political Quarterly]]'' from 1931 to 1959, and for a time he served as secretary of the Labour Party's advisory committees on international and colonial questions.

{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = [[1922 United Kingdom general election|General Election 1922]]: [[Combined English Universities (UK Parliament constituency)|Combined English Universities]] (2 seats)
 |numcounts  = 5
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington|Martin Conway]]
 |party      = Unionist Party (UK)
 |percentage = 32.8
 |count1     = 968
 |count2     = 982
 |count3     = '''1,093'''
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[H. A. L. Fisher]]
 |party      = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
 |percentage = 27.7
 |count1     = 819
 |count2     = 821
 |count3     = 849
 |count4     = 883
 |count5     = '''1,009'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[John Strong (educationalist)|John Strong]]
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |percentage = 19.4
 |count1     = 571
 |count2     = 575
 |count3     = 595
 |count4     = 611
 |count5     = 813
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Leonard Woolf
 |party      = Labour Party (UK)
 |percentage = 12.2
 |count1     = 361
 |count2     = 361
 |count3     = 365
 |count4     = 366
 |count5     = eliminated
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Wilfred Faraday
 |party      = Independent Unionist
 |percentage = 4.8
 |count1     = 141
 |count2     = 206
 |count3     = eliminated
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Sidney C. Lawrence
 |party      = Independent Unionist
 |percentage = 3.1
 |count1     = 90
 |count2     = eliminated
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 5
 |electorate = 3,967
 |valid      = 2,946
 |spoilt     = 
 |quota      = 983
 |turnout    = 74.3
}}

In 1960, Woolf revisited Ceylon and was surprised at the warmth of the welcome he received, and even the fact that he was still remembered.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://sundaytimes.lk/020929/plus/1.html | first = Kumudini | last = Hettiarachchi | title = Still a village in the jungle | newspaper = Sunday Times | date = 9 September 2002 | place = LK}}</ref> Woolf accepted an honorary doctorate from the then-new [[University of Sussex]] in 1964 and in 1965 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Literature]]. He declined the offer of [[Companion of Honour]] (CH) in the [[1966 Birthday Honours|Queen's Birthday Honours]] list in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Honours Refused |url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120202145535/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/document2012-01-24-075439.pdf |website=National Archives}}</ref>