Devine, Arthur D
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of South African author and journalist Arthur Durham Divine (1904-1987), in the UK from before World War Two and active as a war correspondent throughout that conflict; he also wrote as A D Devine, A D Divine, David Divine and David Rame. Of genre interest is Wings over the Atlantic (date unknown but pre-1938), in which a brilliant Mad Scientist attempts the traditional task of conquering the world with his Inventions. Tunnel from Calais (1942; 1943 as by David Rame) is a Channel Tunnel story. [DRL]
Arthur Durham Divine
born Cape Town, South Africa: 27 July 1904
died 30 April 1987
works (selected)
- Wings over the Atlantic (London: John Lane, date unknown but pre-1938) [binding unknown/]
- Tunnel from Calais (London: Collins, 1942) [hb/]
- Tunnel from Calais (London: The Macmillan Company, 1943) as by David Rame [reissue of the above with different byline: hb/]
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