Katharine Tynan Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 24

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf171

Staff Only

1900 June 3. Autograph letter signed from Tynan to [Elkin Mathews], publisher and antiquarian book dealer returning several books she had borrowed a few years earlier and announcing a return move to Ealing, 1 page

1928 June 16. Autograph letter signed from Tynan to John Betjeman inviting him to visit, 1 page

1898 July 16. A Lover's Breast-Knot, autograph commentary on a collection of love lyrics by Tynan, 1 page

Dates

Creation: 1898-1928

Creator

Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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Extent

3.00 items

1 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Katharine Tynan (January 23, 1861 – April 2, 1931) was an Irish-born writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. After her marriage in 1898 to the writer and barrister Henry Albert Hinkson (1865–1919), she usually wrote under the name Katharine Tynan Hinkson.

Born into a large farming family in Clondalkin, County Dublin, Tynan was educated at a convent school in Drogheda. Her poems were first published in 1878. Tynan went on to play a major part in Dublin literary circles, until she married and moved to England. She is said to have written over 100 novels, her Collected Poems appeared in 1930, and she wrote five autobiographical volumes.

Method of Acquisition

Accession number 1370. Originally laid in Cuckoo Songs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson. PR4790 H3 C8 1894 (Autograph letter signed to Mathews and commentary)

Accession number 1466