Uploaded May 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"I think she's like most writers: they have to write," says Yvonne Cocking, founding member, archivist, and historian of the Barbara Pym Society.
Barbara Pym (1913—1980) was a bestselling and award-winning English novelist. Her first book, Some Tame Gazelle (1950), launched her career as a writer beloved for her social comedies of class and manners. Pym is the only author to be named twice in a Times Literary Supplement list of "the most underrated novelists of the century." She produced thirteen novels, the last three published posthumously.
Watch experts Clemence Schultze, Yvonne Cocking, Laura Shapiro, and Robin Joyce, discuss the literary legacy of the iconic writer.
Learn more: openroadmedia.com/barbara-pym
"I think she's like most writers: they have to write," says Yvonne Cocking, founding member, archivist, and historian of the Barbara Pym Society.
Barbara Pym (1913—1980) was a bestselling and award-winning English novelist. Her first book, Some Tame Gazelle (1950), launched her career as a writer beloved for her social comedies of class and manners. Pym is the only author to be named twice in a Times Literary Supplement list of "the most underrated novelists of the century." She produced thirteen novels, the last three published posthumously.
Watch experts Clemence Schultze, Yvonne Cocking, Laura Shapiro, and Robin Joyce, discuss the literary legacy of the iconic writer.
Learn more: openroadmedia.com/barbara-pym
