Joyce Cary
- Born
- 1888-12-07 (age 68)
- Died
- 1957-03-29 (aged 68) · 69 years ago
- Birthplace
- Londonderry, Ireland
- Occupation
- Colonial Official, Red Cross Orderly, Civil Servant
- Active
- 1957 - 1957
- Spouse
- Gertrude Ogilvie
- Alma Mater
- Trinity College, Oxford
- AKA
- Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary
Biography
EARLY LIFE
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary was born on December 7, 1888, in his grandparents' home in Derry (Londonderry), Ulster, Ireland. His family had been landlords in Inishowen. He spent many summers at his grandmother's house in Ireland and at Cromwell House in England. As a child, he suffered from asthma and was nearly blind in one eye. He was educated at Clifton College in Bristol, England. In 1906, he travelled to Paris to study art, then to Edinburgh. He later decided to pursue literature and published a volume of poems. He then entered Trinity College, Oxford, where he studied law.
CAREER
In 1912, Joyce Cary served as a Red Cross orderly during the Balkan Wars. He later joined the Nigerian political service in 1914 and served with a Nigerian regiment fighting in the German colony of Kamerun during the First World War, where he was wounded in 1916. He returned to civil duty in Nigeria in 1917 as a colonial officer, holding posts such as magistrate and executive officer in Borgu. By 1920, he was focused on providing clean water and roads in Nigeria. After resigning from the Nigerian service in 1920, he published several short stories in The Saturday Evening Post under the name Thomas Joyce. His first novel, Aissa Saved, appeared in 1932. He wrote several other African novels, including Mister Johnson (1939). He later produced trilogies, including the First Trilogy (Herself Surprised, To Be a Pilgrim, and The Horse's Mouth), and the Second Trilogy (Prisoner of Grace, Except the Lord, and Not Honour More). He also wrote essays and collaborated on film projects.
PERSONAL LIFE
Joyce Cary married Gertrude Ogilvie. They had four sons, including the composer Tristram Cary and the civil servant Sir Michael Cary. They settled in Oxford, England. In 1952, Cary was diagnosed with motor neuron disease, which led to a gradual paralysis. He continued to write by having a pen tied to his hand and his arm supported, and later resorted to dictation. He ceased writing in 1956/1957. Gertrude died of cancer before him. He passed away on March 29, 1957, at the age of 68, leaving his last work, The Captive and the Free, unfinished.
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