Walter Allen

Walter Allen was a British novelist, critic, and biographer best known for the breadth and accessibility of his literary criticism. Born in Birmingham, England, he graduated from King Edward's School and pursued a writing career, publishing his first novel Innocence is Drowned in 1938 before moving to London. He contributed extensively to periodicals and authored memoirs like As I Walked Down New Grub Street, capturing Birmingham's literary scene in the 1930s.