Rosamond Lehmann

Rosamond Lehmann

BornRosamond Nina Lehmann
(1901-02-03)3 February 1901
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England
Died12 March 1990(1990-03-12) (aged 89)
London, England
OccupationWriter
GenreRomance
Spouse
(m. 1923; div. 1928)
    (m. 1928; div. 1944)
    PartnerCecil Day-Lewis (1941–1950)
    Children2
    ParentsRudolph Chambers Lehmann (father)
    RelativesBeatrix Lehmann (sister)
    John Lehmann (brother)

    Rosamond Nina Lehmann CBE (3 February 1901 – 12 March 1990) was an English novelist and translator. Her first novel, Dusty Answer (1927), was a succès de scandale; she subsequently became established in the literary world, and intimate with members of the Bloomsbury set. Her novel The Ballad and the Source received particular critical acclaim.