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- Birth nameEnoch Arnold Bennett
- Arnold Bennett was born on May 27, 1867 in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Battling Jane (1918), Sacred and Profane Love (1921) and Piccadilly (1929). He was married to Marie Marguerite Soulé. He died on March 27, 1931 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseMarie Marguerite Soulé(1917 - 1921) (legally separated)
- Dorothy Cheston bore his out-of-wedlock child.
- He went to London originally to be a solicitor's clerk. After winning a literary competition, he became a full-time writer. He wrote short stories, novels, hit plays, and screenplays.
- During his lifetime, his books sold in huge numbers, and he was a figure of great influence in politics and culture. He declined a knighthood for his service running the French propaganda department for the British government during WWI.
- The Savoy Hotel in London still serves an omelet named after him; it features smoked haddock and Parmesan cheese.
- Close friend of H.G. Wells.
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