Rose Macaulay

Biography

Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay (1881–1958) was an English novelist, essayist, and poet known for her witty, satirical fiction exploring social conventions and intellectual life. Born in Rugby, she studied history at Oxford and began publishing novels in her twenties. Macaulay’s early works examined women’s roles and social expectations with sharp humor. Her career spanned four decades, producing over twenty novels, with notable works including Potterism (1920), Told by an Idiot (1923), and her final masterpiece The Towers of Trebizond (1956). She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1958.