Ronald Blythe
Ronald Blythe | |
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| Born | Ronald George Blythe 6 November 1922 Acton, Suffolk, England |
| Died | 14 January 2023 (aged 100) Wormingford, Essex, England |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, essayist, editor |
| Known for | Akenfield, "Word from Wormingford" (Church Times column) |
Ronald George Blythe CBE FRSL (6 November 1922 – 14 January 2023) was a British writer, essayist and editor, best known for his work Akenfield (1969), an account of agricultural life in Suffolk from the turn of the century to the 1960s. He wrote a long-running and considerably praised weekly column in the Church Times entitled "Word from Wormingford".