Anthony Dymoke Powell (21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) was an English novelist best known for his 12-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975. This series is listed among the longest novels in English. Powell's major work has remained in continuous print and has been adapted for television and radio dramatizations. In 2008, The Times newspaper named him among their list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945."