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Joseph Bard

1882–1975

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Joseph Bard (18 May 1892 – 1975), born József Diamant, was an expatriate Hungarian writer, known for a novel Shipwreck in Europe (1928) and short stories written in English, and as a literary editor. He settled in the United Kingdom, where he was later known as Joseph Bard. His background was Jewish and Hungarian.

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Photograph of Eileen Agar sitting by the beach in Bridport

Joseph Bard
1934

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Joseph Bard
1939

Script of a hypothetical conversation between Joseph and ‘Allegra’ on masculinity

Joseph Bard, recipient: Eileen Agar
3 December 1928
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Letter from Eileen Agar to Joseph Bard

Eileen Agar, recipient: Joseph Bard
[1920s]
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