 |
|
Friday 9th May |
||||||||
|
||||||||
Obituaries
Elaine Dundy Novelist who wrote The Dud Avocado in a vain attempt to save her marriage to Kenneth Tynan
Michael De Larrabeiti Writer whose Borrible Trilogy about a mutant tribe of child runaways delighted children but shocked their parents
Arturo Vivante Italian-born writer with autobiographical bent
Brian Cox English scholar, poet and editor of 'Critical Quarterly' whose Black Papers sparked debate on education
Sean Body His music bookshop, Helter Skelter, became a cultural hub
Edward D Hoch One of the last of the penny-a-word pulp fiction writers
Desmond MacNamara Bohemian friend of Irish iconoclasts
Richard Chopping Versatile illustrator best known for his distinctive Bond book jackets
Kenneth Ewing Influential literary agent who nurtured the talents and careers of novelists and scriptwriters from Osborne to Stoppard
Professor George Hunter Shakespeare scholar and the founding Professor of English Literature at Warwick University
Robin Moore Author of the novel, The French Connection, on which the acclaimed film was based
Aimé Césaire Martinican politician, intellectual and poet who was a founding father of the négritude movement
Andrew Crozier Poet and poets' champion
E. A. Markham Poet, dramatist and writer who resisted any tendency to define his work as either Caribbean or British
Jane Blackstock Inspirational publisher with Victor Gollancz
Shusha Guppy Author, composer and singer who celebrated Persian culture, embraced Sufism and captivated literary, cosmopolitan London
Hugo Claus Belgian author who explored his nation's reaction to Nazi occupation
Idris Parry Scholar of German literature
Suzanne Goodwin Romantic novelist and short-story writer who was always careful not to deprive her readers of a happy ending Prolific novelist, poet, author, teacher and theatre historian
Elegant, Honourable And Principled Margaret Willes remembers Jane Blackstock
Joanna Richardson Biographer who published prolifically on French and English 19th- and 20th-century writers
Hone Tuwhare Popular Maori poet exploring his people's wit and darkness
Stephen Marlowe Crime and thriller writer
Julian Rathbone Witty and imaginative novelist who was twice Booker-nominated and never confined by genre |
|
||||