Basics
D. H. Lawrence is a renowned essayist, novelist and short-story writer of the 20th century
Birth
D H Lawrence was born at Nottinghamshire on 11 September 1885. He was a son of a coal miner named Arthur Lawrence while his mother, Lydia was a school teacher. Lawrence died in 1930 due to TB.
Family Life
Lawrence's mother was in love with a man of letters but he died. She was from a wealthy family but she married a coal miner out of her adventurous nature but their marriage life was devoid of any affection. She looked for her lost affection towards her elder son but he died. Then she shifted her desire to D. H. Lawrence. In return, Lawrence could not maintain his balance of relationship with his mother and his beloved, Jessy when he left school in 1901. Both of them had some hidden literary sparks to shine but after the death of his mother due to cancer, Lawrence could maintain his relationship with Jessy and she provoked him to write.
His Writing Career
Early, he joined a medicine manufacturing company but then, he became a teacher. But Jessy encouraged Lawrence to write. His first span of writing begins from 1909 and ends in 1913. During that phase, he published his first novel known as The White Peacock that appeared in 1909.
After even the death of his mother, her influence remained persistent upon him and he left Jessy Chambers as soon as he left school.
Marriage Life
After saying Goodbye to Jessy, D. H. Lawrence eloped with Frieda but soon, he was captured by the police and she had to disclose her elopement with D. H. Lawrence with her father to get him out of the jail. Both of them were married on 19 July 1914. Their marriage life was both a happy experience as well as was marked with quarrels. He wrote a poem for his wife that was titled as "Look, We Made it Through".
In 1913, Lawrence published one of the most renowned novels, Sons and Lovers. One special thing about this novel is that both Jessy Chambers and Frieda contributed their share in the novel.
Then began the First World War in 1914 and his second phase of writing,
Rainbow: Published in 1915, this novel was confiscated and was met with severe charges of sexual obscenities as the British Public was not ready to accept this novel out of their stern Victorian morality.
Women in Love
In the third phase of his writing career, both Lawrence and Frieda travelled in different countries and they settled in New Mexico. The third phase began on 1920 and ended in 1925.
The final phase was a fatal one. Despite his ill health, Lawrence kept on writing. Lady Chatterley's Lovers was his last novel and he breathed his last on March 2nd, 1930.
