Diana Athill (1917–2019)
Autore di Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir
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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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
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- Data di nascita
- 1917-12-21
- Data di morte
- 2019-01-23
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Kensington, London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Highgate, London, England, UK
Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk, England, UK - Istruzione
- Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (AB|English|1936)
- Attività lavorative
- literary editor
novelist
memoirist
short story writer
translator - Relazioni
- Reckord, Barry (lover)
- Organizzazioni
- BBC Overseas Service
Allan Wingate
Andre Deutsch (founding director ∙ 1952-1993) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- OBE, 2009
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- 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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