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Anthony West (4 August 1914 - 27 December 1987) was a British author, the son of British authors Rebecca West and H. G. Wells. Anthony West's best-known book is H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life, a biography of his father. Not to be confused with the Irish author Anthony C. West. Born Anthony Panther West Fairfield, he was of unwed parentage; he later famously fell out with his mother over publishing the book about his father. A critically lauded author, who wrote novels, essays and nonfiction works, and wrote for The New Yorker from the 1950s till the late 1970, where he reviewed books. Winner of the Houghton Miffler Award for his novel The Vintage 1950 (published in Britain in 1949 and titled On A Dark Night). He is most known for his biographies, but also works on history like Elizabethan England, and All About The Crusades.

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