The Book, Cat, & Cat Book Lovers Almanac

of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

March 16, 2020

March 16, 1911


Sybille von Schoenebeck, was the given name of author Sybille Bedford, (March 16, 1911 to February 17, 2006). This writer, of novels and biographies, is first famous for her biography of her friend Aldous Huxley, which relies partly on the many years they were friends. Her book Aldous Huxley: A biography (1973) is the authorized biography of this novelist and public figure. 

She mentions the cats chez Huxley in this originally two volume work. Among these is his "poor alley cat", the one he "evoked," in Those Barren Leaves (1925). And she includes a photo of Huxley with a cat in her biography of him. 




The world awaits an good biography of the biographer.
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