Christopher Caudwell

Christopher Caudwell
Caudwell c. 1938
Born
Christopher St John Sprigg

(1907-10-20)20 October 1907
Putney, London, England
Died12 February 1937(1937-02-12) (aged 29)
Jarama, Spain
Cause of deathKilled by Spanish nationalists
EducationSt Benedict's School, Ealing
OccupationsJournalist, author, machine gunner
Known forCommunist activism, poetry, literary criticism
Political partyCommunist Party of Great Britain (CPGB)

Christopher St John Sprigg (20 October 1907 – 12 February 1937), best known by his pseudonym Christopher Caudwell, was an English Marxist writer, literary critic, intellectual and activist.

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