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The iconoclastic heritage of JD Salinger
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Friday, January 29, 2010, 10:56 am
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On Lasting Tribute I often have to write about the deaths of my literary heroes, and today I have the sad duty to report on the passing of JD Salinger.Best known sole novel The Catcher in the Rye but also a fantastic short story writer, Salinger is one…
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‘Love Story’ writer Erich Segal has died
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 12:36 pm
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The author of Love Story, a popular novel turned into the hit film of the same name, has died aged 72.Erich Segal’s most popular work, about love and bereavement, was written when he was 32.The book was an international success and became the bestsel…
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Sassoon’s war poetry saved for the nation
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Friday, December 18, 2009, 10:07 am
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The war poetry of Siegfried Sassoon has been saved for the nation thanks to a £1.25m fundraising campaign.The archive of one of the greatest First World War poets has been bought by Cambridge University.It launched its bid to buy the archive from the …
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JG Ballard missed so much by daughter
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Monday, December 14, 2009, 11:05 am
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The Guardian newspaper is taking a looking back at some of the great figures to feature in its obituary pages over the past year.Today the pioneering author JG Ballard is remembered by his daughter Bea.“Dear Daddy,” she writes, “to the world you …
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Late authors up for Costa book awards
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 5:33 pm
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The Costa Book Awards could announce its first posthumous winner when it’s £5000 prizes are awarded in January.Included on the shortlists for the Costa awards (formerly known as the Whitbread Prize) are two writers who died before seeing their final…
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Is Sarkozy ‘point-scoring’ with Camus honour?
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 3:56 pm
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy is being accused of trying to cash in on the liberal reputation of Albert Camus with his plans to honour the influential writer.If Sarkozy gets his wish, Camus’ remains would be relocated to Paris’ Panthéon where t…
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Roald Dahl book award winners announced
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 10:51 am
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£2,500 and a bottle of wine from Roald Dahl’s personal wine cellar were the prizes yesterday at the book awards given in his memory.The Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009 was held in London with Philip Ardagh winning in the seven to fourteen age category wit…
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Siegfried Sassoon legacy to be preserved
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 3:41 pm
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The personal belongings of First World War soldier, poet and author Siegfried Sassoon will be preserved for the nation by a £550,000 grant.The National Heritage Memorial Fund said its award to Cambridge University will help it to acquire Sassoon’s pri…
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Roald Dahl still a hit with kids
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 4:03 pm
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The characters created by Roald Dahl are still holding their own against more modern creations like Harry Potter and Tracy Beaker.The list of the best loved children’s characters was compiled by the books charity Booktrust who asked 1,318 children ag…
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Greene Festival opens on Thursday
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 3:56 pm
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Author Graham Greene will be remembered in his home town this week when Berkhamsted plays host to the 12th annual Graham Greene International Festival.From Thursday until Sunday events to celebrate the writer’s life and work will be held at The Rex Ci…
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A whole lot of Agatha
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 10:13 pm
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BBC Radio have just started an Agatha Christie season and a whole host of programmes about the Queen of Crime are available to UK listeners on the iPlayer.They include dramatizations of works starring super sleuths from Miss Marple to the Mysterious Mr…
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Mr Cobain and Mrs Gaskell – their work lives on
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Monday, September 14, 2009, 9:02 pm
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Two great figures from very different periods are to be remembered.The Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, known commonly simply as Mrs Gaskell, who wrote enduring tales of morality in the 19th century, is to be given a place in Poet’s Corner in Wes…
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Taking the baton from literary giants
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Thursday, September 10, 2009, 1:22 pm
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In the Guardian today, Alison Flood looks at authors taking on the brave task of continuing a series left unfinished by the death of the original writer.After the success of James Bond novels written after Ian Fleming’s death in 1964, several other f…
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And they all lived happily ever after?
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Thursday, August 27, 2009, 1:41 pm
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Peter Pan and Wendy settle down to domestic bliss. The Ugly Duckling joins a support group. The Lord of the Flies boys all get along splendidly.These are among the happy endings proposed by Stephen Moss in the Guardian as he examines the unjust, tragic…
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Arthur Ransome: a Bolshevik and a duffer?
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:40 pm
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The secret life of the English children’s author Arthur Ransome is the subject of a surprising new biography.Roland Chambers alleges that during his years in Russia during 1910s, the Swallows and Amazons writer (then a journalist) was a double agent …
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