Allen Upward (1863 to 1926) was an English writer, barrister and colonial official, born in Worcester. He was called to the bar and practised law. He then took up work abroad as a magistrate and administrator, notably in Ireland and in Southern Nigeria, and he traveled widely in the Balkans, Egypt, and East Asia. These experiences shaped his journalism and fiction. His output was eclectic. It included novels, among them The Prince of Balkan (1907) and A Crown of Straw (1909). He also wrote political and travel works such as The East End of Europe (1908), a study of the Balkans. His later books moved toward philosophy and comparative religion, chiefly The New World (1908) and The Divine Mystery (1913), which sought to trace religious ideas to their origins. He also wrote Secret History of To-day (1909) and published a volume of Chinese-inspired verse, Scented Leaves from a Chinese Jar (1913). His autobiography, Some Personalities, appeared in 1921. Upward's eccentric, learned style drew the admiration of Ezra Pound, who valued his thinking about language and myth. Upward died by suicide in 1926.
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