Oliver Madox Hueffer | |
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| Born | Oliver Franz Hueffer 1877 Surrey, England |
| Died | (1931-06-22)22 June 1931 Hammersmith, England |
| Parent(s) | Francis Hueffer Catherine Madox Brown |
| Relatives | Ford Madox Hueffer (brother) Juliet Soskice (sister) Frank Soskice (nephew) Ford Madox Brown (maternal grandfather) Lucy Madox Brown (half-aunt) Olivia Rossetti Agresti (cousin) Johann Hermann Hüffer (paternal grandfather) |
Oliver Madox Hueffer (bornOliver Franz Hueffer; 1877 – 22 June 1931), was an English author, playwright, andwar correspondent.[1]
Heuffer was born in 1877 inSurrey toCatherine Madox Brown, an artist, andFrancis Hueffer, a German-English music critic andlibrettist. His brother was the writerFord Madox Ford (born Ford Madox Heuffer), and his sister was the English translator and writerJuliet Soskice (née Hueffer). ThePre-Raphaelite painterFord Madox Brown was his maternal grandfather.
Hueffner graduated from theUniversity College School, inLondon, then pursued university studies at several European institutions.[2]
While in search of employment on his first visit toNew York City, he wrote a column, "A Vagabond in New York", published inTruth. These collected writings resulted in his 1913 book by the same title, published by theJohn Lane Company. In it, he colourfully recounted his penurious and picaresque existence living in the public spaces of an unfamiliar city, finding, due to his "provincial" accent and English phraseology, no immediate career in writing and only dead-end jobs, includingbartender,delicatessen assistant andsideshow "fakir". He aspired to become a passable speaker of "the President's English" within a year or two. He recounted that his return trip to England saw him travelling insteerage, stoking coal on thesteamer which carried him home.[3]
While covering theMexican Revolution for theDaily Express, he was reported in 1910 to have been "executed and buried" for spying on behalf of the Americans, having been court-martialed and sentenced to death; British intervention saw him safely out of the country.[2] During theFirst World War, fought for the British
For ten years, he was the music critic forThe Times.
In all, he resided in five major cities: London,Paris,Berlin,Rome andNew York City, providing him with much of the source material for his books and plays.
Six of his novels were written under the pseudonym of "Jane Wardle".
He died on 22 June 1931.
Brother of Ford Madox Hueffer and Grandson of F.M. Brown, Artist. Once Reported "Executed as Spy" In Mexico. Noted as Playwright and World War Correspondent. Oliver Madox Hueffer, novelist, playwright and war correspondent, died today at his home in Hammersmith at the age of 54.
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