What is Anthony Powell?
{{Infobox writer | name = Anthony Powell | image = Anthony Powell with Violet on their wedding day in 1934.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Anthony Powell with Violet on their wedding day in 1934 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|12|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Westminster]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|3|28|1905|12|21|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Frome]], [[Somerset]] | resting_place = | occupation = Novelist | language = | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''[[A Dance to the Music of Time]]'' | spouse = [[Lady Violet Powell|Lady Violet Pakenham]] | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Anthony Dymoke Powell''' [[Companion of Honour|CH]], [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (December 21, 1905 – March 28, 2000) was a [[England|British]] [[novelist]]. He is best known for his ''[[A Dance to the Music of Time]]'' series of books [[Publishing|publish]]ed between 1951 and 1975. == Childhood == Powell was born in [[City of Westminster|Westminster]], [[England]], to Philip Powell and Maud (née Wells-Dymoke). His father was an [[officer]] in the [[Welsh Regiment]]. His mother came from a wealthy family in [[Lincolnshire]]. Powell's early childhood was spent in a [[apartment|flat]] in [[Kensington]]. It overlooked the [[Garden]]s where he often played. In 1913, the family moved to [[Aldershot]] and into Stonehurst. Stonehurst was a large [[bungalow]] on top of a hill. On the start of [[World War I]] in August 1914, his father went to [[France]] and took part in the early fighting. Powell moved with his mother to [[London]]. He went to a private [[school]] for a short time. Powell was later sent to a [[boar