Kenneth Morris

Kenneth Vennor Morris (31 July 1879 – 21 April 1937), sometimes using the Welsh form of his name Cenydd Morus, was a Welsh author and theosophist. Born in South Wales, he relocated to London with his family as a child, and was educated at Christ's Hospital. In 1896, he lived in Dublin for a while. Here Morris met W. B. Yeats and Ella Young, and became friends with George William Russell. From 1908 to 1930, Morris lived in California as a staffperson of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Point Loma. Here Morris worked with Katherine Tingley to promote the teachings of Theosophy.

Reception

According to Ursula K. Le Guin, Morris is one of the three master prose stylists of fantasy of the 20th century, together with E. R. Eddison and J. R. R. Tolkien.

Fantasy historian Darrell Schweitzer has described Kenneth Morris as "one of the finest stylists ever to write fantastic fiction and also one of the least known."

Works The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed (1914) As Cenydd Morus. The Crest-Wave of Evolution (1919-1921) The Secret Mountain and Other Tales (1926) Book of the Three Dragons (1930) The Chalchiuhite Dragon: A Tale of Toltec Times (1992) The Dragon Path: Collected Tales of Kenneth Morris (1995)