Cressida Anne Lindsay (1930 - 13 November 2010) was an English poet and novelist.
Cressida Lindsay was born in London in 1930, the daughter of the writer Philip Lindsay (and a granddaughter of the Australian artist and writer Norman Lindsay) and the artist's model Jeanne Ellis. [1] She was educated in London convents. [1] [2]
Lindsay had poems published in Michael Horovitz's New Departures. [1]
She wrote four novels, all published in the 1960s. [1]
After her death, her son Dylan Hyatt published a further novel, The Mole in the Mountain, as an e-book on Amazon (2016). [3]
In the mid-1960s, Lindsay moved to the Old Rectory in Scoulton in Norfolk, to establish a commune for artists, one of whom was Joanna Carrington. [1] The commune was a haven for painters, writers, sculptors, and even pop groups. This alternative lifestyle setup was documented in 1970 by John Swinfield for Anglia Television. [4]
She married twice, to Michael Millett in 1955 [5] and Peter Hammerton in 1988. [6] [1] She had a son with the poet and novelist Mark Hyatt, whom she had taught to read and write. [7] She had another son with her publisher Anthony Blond, who bought the Old Rectory in Scoulton for her. [7] She also had three other children. [1]
She died in 2010, aged 80. [1]
Cressida Anne Lindsay (1930 - 13 November 2010) was an English poet and novelist.
Cressida Lindsay was born in London in 1930, the daughter of the writer Philip Lindsay (and a granddaughter of the Australian artist and writer Norman Lindsay) and the artist's model Jeanne Ellis. [1] She was educated in London convents. [1] [2]
Lindsay had poems published in Michael Horovitz's New Departures. [1]
She wrote four novels, all published in the 1960s. [1]
After her death, her son Dylan Hyatt published a further novel, The Mole in the Mountain, as an e-book on Amazon (2016). [3]
In the mid-1960s, Lindsay moved to the Old Rectory in Scoulton in Norfolk, to establish a commune for artists, one of whom was Joanna Carrington. [1] The commune was a haven for painters, writers, sculptors, and even pop groups. This alternative lifestyle setup was documented in 1970 by John Swinfield for Anglia Television. [4]
She married twice, to Michael Millett in 1955 [5] and Peter Hammerton in 1988. [6] [1] She had a son with the poet and novelist Mark Hyatt, whom she had taught to read and write. [7] She had another son with her publisher Anthony Blond, who bought the Old Rectory in Scoulton for her. [7] She also had three other children. [1]
She died in 2010, aged 80. [1]