David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter. His modernist works reflect on modernity, social alienation and industrialization, while championing sexuality, vitality and instinct. Three of his most famous novels — The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover — were the subject of censorship trials for their radical portrayals of sexuality and use of explicit language.

Lawrence’s opinions and artistic preferences earned him a controversial reputation; he endured contemporary persecution and public misrepresentation of his creative work throughout his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile that he described as a “savage enough pilgrimage”. D. H. Lawrence had a lifelong interest in painting, which became one of his main forms of expression in his last years. His paintings were exhibited at the Warren Gallery in London’s Mayfair in 1929. 

At the time of his death, he had been variously scorned as tasteless, avant-garde, and a pornographer who had only garnered success for erotica; however, English novelist and critic E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, challenged this widely held view, describing him as “the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation”. Later, English literary critic F. R. Leavis also championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness. see full bio at wiki

Death –
Lawrence continued to write despite his failing health. In his last months he wrote numerous poems, reviews and essays, as well as a robust defence of his last novel against those who sought to suppress it. His last significant work was a reflection on the Book of Revelation, Apocalypse. After being discharged from a sanatorium, he died on 2 March 1930. at the Villa Robermond in Vence, France, from complications of tuberculosis.

Novels and date of publication –

The White Peacock (1911)

The Trespasser (1912)

Sons and Lovers (1913)

The Rainbow (1915)

Women in Love (1920)

The Lost Girl (1920)

Aaron’s Rod (1922)

Kangaroo (1923)

The Boy in the Bush (1924), coauthored with M.L. (Mollie or Molly) Skinner

The Plumed Serpent (1926)

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928)

The Escaped Cock (1929), republished as The Man Who Died

Birth Chart of D. H. Lawrence-