What is Edward Upward?
[[File:Edward Upward.jpg|thumb|Edward Upward]] '''Edward Falaise Upward''' (9 September 1903 – 13 February 2009) was an [[England|English]] [[novelist]] and [[short story]] [[writer]]. At the time of his death, he was considered the [[UK]]'s oldest living [[author]]. == Early life == He was born on 9 September 1903 in [[Romford]], [[Essex]],<ref name=Quinn233>Patrick J. Quinn, ''Recharting the Thirties'' (Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna University Press, 1996), p. 233</ref> to Harold and Louisa Upward. His father was a doctor.<ref name=Quinn233/> Upward [[Graduation|graduated]] from [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]] in 1925 with a [[Academic degree|degree]] in [[English language|English]].<ref name=Quinn233/> He became a [[teacher]] which also allowed him time to write. == Writing career == In 1931 he became interested in the [[Communist Party]]. He joined the party in 1934.<ref name=Quinn233/> He wrote for several [[Left-wing]] [[journal]]s. These included ''New Country'', ''The Left Review'' and ''[[New Writing]]''.<ref name=Quinn233/> Upward's first novel was ''Journey to the Border'', published in 1938.<ref name=WroeTG>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/aug/23/featuresreviews.guardianreview10|title=A lifetime renegade|author=Nicholas Wroe|date=22 August 2003|publisher=The Guardian|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref> At that time Upward was better known for a 1937 essay called ''Sketch for a Marxist Interpretation of Literature''.<ref name=WroeTG/> He wrote a [[trilogy]] called ''The Spiral Ascent''. The second part had trouble getting published. By the time the third part was published, it had to be underwritten by the Action Council. The council only agreed after pressure from Upward's friends.<ref name=WroeTG/> The three were titled ''In the Thirties'' (1962), ''The Rotten Elements'' (1969), and ''No Home But the Struggle'' (1977). The last two were almost completely ignored at the time.<ref name=WroeTG/> He enjoyed a resurgence in his nineties with the publication of several of his