PEN NAMES USED BY FAMOUS WRITERS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 206, 16 September 1937, Page 11

PEN NAMES USED BY FAMOUS WRITERS

Famous writers have, from ; time to time, for various reasons, published all or part of their work under pseudonyms. . JKolf Boldrewood, the Australian novelist, was christened plain. T. A. Browne. Boz, of courso, was Charles Hickens, and Lewis Carrol • was the Kcv. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Marjorie Bowen is equally well known as George Preedy. Joseph Conrad discarded Joseph Conrad Korzeniowski, and Anthony Hope Hawkins preferred to write as Apthony Houe,' while John Hay Beith signs his' novels.as lan Ilay. (iabriele D 'Annunzio, the roruantic-ally-named Italian poet and. novelist, should really. call himself Gaetano llapagnctto; and Maxim Gorky, as a eliild, laboured under the name of Aleksei Maximovich Pyeshkov. Mark Twain w;as born Sainucl Longhorue Olemens; O. Henry, 'William Sydney I'orter; Henry Seton Merriman, Hugh Stowell Scott; Ouida, Louise de la liamee; Salci, H. H. Munro; and Voltaire, Erancois Marie ATOuct. Jolm Galswortliy sometimes wrote under the name, John Sinjohn, but the flrst one is his correct title. Besides "Boz," Dickens used tl\e nom-de-plume "Quiz" to write "Young Couples. " Sir Walter Scott sometimes chose the satirical title, the Rev. Dr. Dryasdust, and also Malachi Malagrowth, while tbe Iiev. Ricliard Harris Barliam decided to write his ' ' Ingoldsby Legends" as Thonias Ingoldsby, Esq. George Sana was born Armandine LuI cile Aurore Dupin, Baroness DudCvant, l a pretty name^ but unwieldy, Waltor

de la Mare occasionally writes as Walter Itamel, and Maysie Greig is also Jennifer Ames. Carmcn Sylva coneealed the identity of Elizabeth, Queen of llumania.