Thompson, Lewis, 1909-1949

found: His Black sun, 2001:CIP t.p. (Lewis Thompson) data sheet (b. 13 Jan. 1909, d. 21 June 1949)

found: Thompson, Lewis. Fathomless heart, c2011:ECIP t.p. (Lewis Thompson) data view (Lewis Frederick Levien Thompson; b. in Fulham, England)

found: Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (website), viewed Feb. 4, 2022:Guide to the Lewis Thompson Papers 1933-19, Cage 569 (Lewis Levien Thompson was born on January 13, 1909 in Fulham, England. He spent his childhood in north London with two younger sisters. He did not go to the university but educated himself in the classics, including the translations of Chinese, Japanese, and Indian classics. He departed from England on July 26, 1932 and lived in India for the remaining seventeen years of his life. In 1943, Thompson found employment in the Rajghat School in Benares as the writer-in-residence and librarian. He remained there for four years. When the job at Rajghat ended, Thompson drew a small stipend from G. D. Birla, the industrialist and a friend of Gandhi. n his last years, Thompson wrestled with declining health, a problem he had throughout his adult life. His end came when he returned to Benares in the lethal heat. He was found wandering by the river in a daze with the effects of sunstroke. He went to bed with a high fever and died alone in his room on June 23, 1949. He was cremated and his ashes spread over the Ganges River. After his death, Thompson's poetry was sent to Edith Sitwell by Deben Bhattacharya. Sitwell saw the poetry as the work of a genius and published some of it in an anthology she compiled.) - http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg569.htm