Edmund Clerihew Bentley
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E.C. Bentley
Edmund Clerihew Bentley (10 juillet 1875 - 30 mars 1956) est un écrivain et humoriste anglais, bien connu dans le monde anglo-saxon comme l'inventeur de la forme poétique à laquelle il a donné son second prénom, le "Clerihew", et qui fut pratiqué par d'aussi grands poètes que W.H. Auden. Il apporta également une contribution non négligeable au genre policier avec son roman Trent's Last Case (1913, en français L'affaire Manderson) La structure du livre, notamment sa double solution finale, fut saluée par des critiques aussi prestigieux que Dorothy L. Sayers et exerça une grande influence sur le développement du roman d'énigme. Bentley attendra toutefois près d'un quart de siècle avant de récidiver avec Trent's Own Case qui est généralement considéré comme beaucoup moins réussi que son prédécesseur. Il fut président du Detection Club, succédant à son grand ami Gilbert Keith Chesterton, de 1936 à 1949.
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Catégories : Écrivain britannique | Auteur britannique de roman policier | Naissance en 1875 | Décès en 1956
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Clerihew — A clerihew is a whimsical, four line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. One of his best known is this (1905): Sir Christopher Wren Said, I am going to dine with some men. If anyone calls Say I am designing St. Paul s. [1]… … Wikipedia
clerihew — /kler euh hyooh /, n. Pros. a light verse form, usually consisting of two couplets, with lines of uneven length and irregular meter, the first line usually containing the name of a well known person. [1925 30; named after E. Clerihew Bentley… … Universalium
