Stacy Aumonier
British writer (1877–1928)
Stacy Aumonier (31 March 1877 – 21 December 1928) was a British author and stage performer, known best for his short stories. Between 1913 and 1928, he published more than 85 stories, 6 novels, a volume of character studies, and a volume of 15 essays.
The Nobel Prize winner (and Forsyte Saga author) John Galsworthy described Aumonier as "one of the best short-story writers of all time" and predicted that, through the best of his stories, he would "outlive all the writers of his day".
James Hilton (author of Goodbye, Mr Chips and Lost Horizon) said of Aumonier: "I think his very best works ought to be included in any anthology of the best short stories ever written." Asked to choose "My Favourite Short Story" for the March 1939 edition of Good Housekeeping, James Hilton chose a story by Aumonier, "The Octave of Jealousy", which the magazine described as a "bitterly brilliant tale".
Life
Stacy Aumonier was born at Hampstead Road near Regent's Park, London on 31 March 1877. His birth decade is often cited incorrectly as 1887, as in his obituary in The New York Times, due to an error in the 1923 edition of Who's Who.
He came from a family with a strong and sustained tradition of visual arts, of Huguenot stock. His father, William Aumonier (1841–1914), was an architectural sculptor (founder of the Aumonier Studios off Tottenham Court Road, London), and his uncle was the painter James Aumonier R.I. (1832–1911). Stacy's brother, William (also an architectural sculptor) was responsible for recreating the interiors of Tutankhamun's tomb at the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley in 1924. The landmark sculpture The Archer at East Finchley Station in London was the work of his nephew, Eric Aumonier.
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