Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Sheed, Wilfred
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Sheed, Wilfred, 1930-
Other form(s) of name
- Wilfred Sheed
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1930-
History
Wilfred Sheed was Book Review Editor for «The Commonweal» and writes from New York. He was the son of Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward (Sheed and Ward publishers). He developed a style of prose influenced by his trans-Atlantic upbringing, born in London and spending much time in New York. After work at such Catholic publications as «The Commonweal» and «Jubilee», he became an essayist, novelist and short story writer. (Source: "Sheed, Wilfrid" Biography from Current Biography. 1981. Online. Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine University Library, Louisville, KY. 2006/04/25. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)