Essay | D.H. Lawrence Biography

D.H. Lawrence was one of the greatest authors in American Literature. He grew up in Eastwood moving several times. He attended Nottingham High School and later began teaching. Some of his greatest works were The Trespasser and The Rainbow. Many of his plays were versions of his novels. One of his great poems, "Green," was written when he began his relationship with Frieda.

D.H. Lawrence was born September 11, 1885. He was the fourth child of Author Lawrence and Lydia Beardsall. (Squires and Talbot pg. 2) Lawrence's Father was a coal miner in Eastwood. Within two weeks of his birth, the child had bronchitis. This stood as a warning that Lawrence's lungs would plague him all his life.

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