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British author (1903–1974)
Also known as: Cyril Vernon Connolly, Сирил Коннолли, سيريل كونولي, シリル・コノリー, 西里尔·康诺利, Коннолли, Сирил
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- A romantic friendship (1975)
- The condemned playground (1945)
- Unquiet Grave a Word Cycle (1973)
- 100 key books of the Modern Movement from England, France & America, 1880-1950 (1986)
- The selected works of Cyril Connolly (2002)