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Diana Athill (1917–2019)

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Diana Athill was born in England on December 21, 1917. She was educated at Oxford University. During World War II, she as a researcher with the BBC. She worked as an editor at Allan Wingate and then at André Deutsch. Athill started writing autobiography in her early 40s. Her memoir, Instead of a toon meer Letter, was published in 1962. Her other memoirs included After a Funeral; Make Believe; Alive, Alive Oh!; Stet; Yesterday Morning; and A Florence Diary. Somewhere Towards the End won a Costa Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Her other works included a volume of short stories entitled An Unavoidable Delay and a novel entitled Don't Look at Me Like That. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2009. She died on January 23, 2019 at the age of 101. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Diana Athill

Goed oud (2008) 671 exemplaren
Stet (2000) 466 exemplaren
Instead of a Letter: A Memoir (1963) 272 exemplaren
Yesterday Morning (2002) 127 exemplaren
Don't Look at Me Like That (1967) 107 exemplaren
Midsummer Night in the Workhouse (2011) 91 exemplaren
After a Funeral (1986) 80 exemplaren
A Florence Diary (2016) 70 exemplaren
Make Believe: A True Story (1993) 46 exemplaren
Athill Diana 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum
1917-12-21
Overlijdensdatum
2019-01-23
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
UK
Geboorteplaats
Kensington, London, England, UK
Plaats van overlijden
London, England, UK
Woonplaatsen
Highgate, London, England, UK
Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk, England, UK
Opleiding
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (AB|English|1936)
Beroepen
literary editor
novelist
memoirist
short story writer
translator
Relaties
Reckord, Barry (lover)
Organisaties
BBC Overseas Service
Allan Wingate
Andre Deutsch (founding director ∙ 1952-1993)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
OBE, 2009
Korte biografie
Diana Athill was born in London and was raised at Ditchingham Hall in Norfolk. She read English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, graduating in 1939. As World War II began she was hired as a researcher for the BBC, where she stayed through the end of the war.
After the war, Athill joined her friend André Deutsch in establishing his first publishing firm Allan Wingate, where she served as an editor. Five years later, in 1952, she was a founding director of Deutsch’s next publishing company, which bore his name. At André Deutsch, Athill worked closely with many authors, including Jean Rhys, John Updike, Mordecai Richler, Brian Moore, V.S. Naipaul, and Molly Keane.
After a 50-year career in publishing, Athill retired from André Deutsch in 1993 at the age of 75. She wrote two volumes of short stories as well as a novel. However, she was best known for her autobiographical works and memoirs.

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Pleasant enough but unessential.
 
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elahrairah | 35 andere besprekingen | Feb 1, 2024 |
I have enjoyed all of Diana Athill's books and hope she will publish her correspondence with Jean Rhys. This book is more of a hodge-podge than the others, but if you're still writing lively, honest prose at age 100, who cares?
 
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fmclellan | 11 andere besprekingen | Jan 23, 2024 |
Great read and insight into the mind and life of a honest London publisher/editor
 
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MarilynKinnon | 16 andere besprekingen | Dec 30, 2023 |
Not a favorite. Good storyteller, well drawn characters, but a bit dark for my taste. I was quite startled at the ending. I was cruising right along seeing a possibility for light at the end of the tunnel, and snap it was over. I guess this is where I let my imagination decide how things work out. I received an advance readers copy of this from the publisher and EdelweissPlus. I ordered a copy from the library thinking something was missing in my edition, but no that's that!
 
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