Quentin Crisp (1) (1908–1999)
Auteur van The Naked Civil Servant
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Over de Auteur
Quentin Crisp was born on December 25, 1908 and attended school in Derbyshire. Following an unsuccessful attempt to become an illustrator and a designer of book covers, Crisp tried freelance writing on a variety of subjects, including window dressing and the Ministry of Labour. Crisp's most popular toon meer book was his autobiography, The Naked Civil Servant, which deals openly with the subject of his homosexuality. The book ultimately became a television play that has been broadcast in England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the U.S. Other Crisp books include How to Have a Life-Style, Manners from Heaven, and The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp. He made his off-Broadway debut with An Evening with Quentin Crisp in 1978. He has also appeared in a variety of movies, including The Bride and Fatal Attraction, and in a video with the rock star, Sting. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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- Officiële naam
- Pratt, Denis Charles (birth)
- Geboortedatum
- 1908-12-25
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1999-11-21
- Graflocatie
- cremated
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
USA - Geboorteplaats
- Carshalton, Sutton, Surrey, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Charlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- heart attack
- Woonplaatsen
- London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA - Opleiding
- Denstone College
King's College, London
Regent Street Polytechnic, London - Beroepen
- model (artist's)
writer
author
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raconteur - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Special Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience (1978)
- Agent
- Donald Carroll
Richard Gollner
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Crisp is a more or less self-avowed narcissist, and not as witty as he thinks he is, but it's impossible not to admire his cojones and his embodiment of "be yourself, no matter who you are". He's also in the true lineage of English eccentrics, not so much because of who he was (had he been born 80 years later he'd never have risen from obscurity) but because of who he was when he was. Spending time in his autobiographical company isn't exactly pleasant, but I'm still glad I did.
Mr Crisp has written a book full of powerful snippets. He isn’t telling us how to DO things properly, it’s not an etiquette manual. What he is telling us are suggestions on a way of living that is courteous and mindful of others. He has been on the receiving end of much that could have been better. It’s left me wanting to take a moment to think more, before saying the first thing that comes into my head.
I did struggle with the style. Whimsical, sometimes pedantic, it nonetheless highlighted what is most beautiful about this book: its vulnerability, authenticity and stark reality it portrays, Crisp reminds us the horrible prejudice, harm and disdain the LGBTQ community endured - and endures stil today in numerous parts of the world.
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So much of his life was about one century ahead of its time. Some people might claim this is why the book, told in such a wry and funny way for most of its length, ends on a rather bleak note. But I think the modern reader can be too influenced by our contemporary obsession with identity when considering Crisp - I sure had to avoid that pitfall. Instead of making this a book about being gay in the dark ages, It seems that the writer would rather it be a record of someone who was unabashedly unique, to the point of self endangerment. We follow the author’s life as it swings from absolute persecution to muddled acceptance (soured by what Crisp seems to feel is a kind of appropriation of the “hooligan” aesthetic by the so called counterculture) with only a brief period of “good times,” (which happened to be during the London Blitz) to bridge the two. It would have been easy for Crisp to “tone it down” in order to make his existence more tenable for others - yet he simply refused. Rather that making this book a pure paean to individuality, we instead get a realistic picture of the sacrifices you make when you can’t fit into the constraints of your time.
In the words of Thelonius Monk: “The genius is he who is most like himself.” By that criteria, Crisp would do more than qualify.… (meer)