D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) was an English writer of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction. Born and brought up in a Nottinghamshire mining village, he set several of his early novels in the industrialized East Midlands countryside. In 1912, he began a relationship with Frieda Weekley (née von Richtofen), who became his lifelong companion on travels through Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. Industrialization and modernity, social alienation, and sexuality were major themes in Lawrence’s work. He died of complications from tuberculosis in France in 1930.
