Edmund Clerihew Bentley

EC Bentley (actually Clerihew Edmund Bentley, * July 10, 1875 in London, † March 30, 1956 ) was a British writer.

Life

At Edmund Clerihew Bentley will be remembered as the inventor of Clerihew, a humorous poetry, a short biographical quatrain with quirky character over celebrity. He worked as a journalist for several newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph. Was estimated except the Clerihews his detective novels, the most famous is Trent 's Last Case (1913). Among his admirers was Dorothy L. Sayers. Some of his works experienced in recent times reissues.

Works (selection)

• Biography for Beginners. Being a collection of miscellaneous examples for the use of upper forms. Laurie Press, London, 1905.
• More Biography. Methuen, London 1929 (illustrated by GK Chesterton )
• Baseless Biography. Humorous verses. Methuen, London 1939 ( illustrated by Nicolas Bentley ).
• Trent's Last Case. A classic crime novel of 1913 ( " Trent 's Last Case "). Heyne, München 1978, ISBN 3-453-10407-2 (former title The jump through the window ).
• Trent 's Own Case. House of Stratur, London 2001, ISBN 0-7551-0328-9 ( Nachdr d ed London 1936).
• Trent Intervenes. Dent, London, 1986, ISBN 0-460-02419-1 ( short stories; Nachdr d ed London 1953)
• Elephant's work. An Enigma. House of Stratur, London 2001, ISBN 0-7551-0323-8 ( Nachdr d ed London 1950).