Rosamond Lehmann

Rosamond Lehmann

Born
Rosamond Nina Lehmann

(1901-02-03)3 February 1901
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.