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Category Archives: Biographies
Election Week Roundup: A Journalistic Memoir and A Belated Review
–Foreign correspondent Robert Fisk has died at the age of 74. The New York Times describes his career in their obituary: “Robert Fisk, a dauntless journalist who was widely praised by colleagues and competitors alike for relentlessly chronicling the Middle … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Al Jazeera, Ann Pasternak Slater, Essays in Criticism, New York Times, Philip Eade, Robert Fisk
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New Biography by Selina Hastings
The latest issue of TLS has a preview from the new biography by Selina Hastings. In this, she writes of the life and works of novelist Sybille Bedford. Hastings explains in the excerpt that Bedford was raised in Germany in … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Laura Freeman, Nancy Mitford, Selina Hastings, Sybille Bedford, The Times, TLS
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New Biography of Graham Greene
A new biography of Graham Greene has been published. The UK edition is entitled Russian Roulette and is written by Richard Greene (no relation but editor of a collection of Graham’s letters). The book is reviewed in the Sunday Times by … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Diaries, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Evening Standard, Graham Greene, Richard Greene, Sunday Times
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David Pryce-Jones’s Signed Books
Literary critic and historian David Pryce-Jones has written another memoir. This one is called Signatures: Literary Encounters of a Lifetime and consists of 90 memoirs of the authors of books in his collection which contain their signatures. In each case … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Cyril Connolly, David Pryce-Jones, Joseph Epstein, Wall Street Journal
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Anthropologist at the Hypocrites Club
A new book surveys the professional career of E E Evans-Pritchard, a noted anthropologist who made his reputation with studies of Sudanese cultures. This biography is entitled The Anthropological Lens: A Dandy Among the Azande and is written by Christopher … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Newspapers, Oxford, World War II
Tagged Adam Kuper, Anthropology, E E Evans-Pritchard, Hypocrites Club, Wall Street Journal
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Socialites to Socialists: Inez Holden and Nancy Mitford
Two books in the news were written by or about two of Waugh’s friends and fellow writers: Inez Holden and Nancy Mitford. As explained in reviews of those books, both progressed from upper-class to left-wing political views: –Novelist and critic … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Guardian, Inez Holden, Laura Thompson, Literary Review, Nancy Mitford, New York Times
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Lost Girls (More)
Waugh biographer Paula Byrne has reviewed DJ Taylor’s new book Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature 1939-1951. This appears in today’s Times newspaper. Byrne stresses that the book is as much or more about Cyril Connolly as it is about … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Festivals, Lectures, London, Newspapers
Tagged Anthony Powell Annual Lecture, Cyril Connolly, D.J.Taylor, Henley-on-Thames Literary Festival, Paula Byrne, The Times
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Biography of a Poem: W H Auden’s “September 1, 1939”
The Times has a review of a new book by Ian Sansom in its “Book of the Week” column. This is a “biography” of W H Auden’s poem “September 1, 1939” soon to celebrate its 80th birthday. The review by … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged The Times, W H Auden
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Waugh and “Mrs Bluefeet” in New Book
The latest Literary Review has an essay by novelist and literary critic D J Taylor about what he calls “biographer’s luck”. The was inspired by his latest biography to be published next month in the UK. An American edition entitled The … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Newspapers, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Horizon, Janetta Parladé, Literary Review
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