Guest john dick Posted May 9, 2012 I doubt Sendak wil die any time soon.Last time I saw him on tv a few months ago he seemed in pretty good nick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted May 9, 2012 I doubt Sendak wil die any time soon.Last time I saw him on tv a few months ago he seemed in pretty good nick Oh great. Another fuck-knuckle. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted May 15, 2012 Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted May 16, 2012 Its time for another list of people who still breathe: Booker Prize Winners 1971-2001 Author (Year of Birth) V S Naipaul (1932) John Berger (1926) Nadine Gordimer (1923) Ruth Prawer Jhabval (1927) David Storey (1933) Salman Rushdie (1947) Thomas Keneally (1935) J M Coetzee (1940) Anita Brookner (1928) Keri Hume (1947) Penelope Lively (1933) Peter Carey (1943) Kazuo Ishiguro (1954) A S Byatt (1936) Ben Okri (1959) Michael Ondaatje (1943) Barry Unsworth (1930) Roddy Doyle (1958) James Kelman (1946) Pat Barker (1943) Graham Swift (1949) Arundhati Roy (1961) Ian McEwan (1948) Margaret Atwood (1939) I have omitted the deceased winners such as Kingsley Amis & William Golding I don't have any specific health information but apart from those that are well into their eighties I would perhaps begin thinking about James Kelman if only because of the obvious gift if he does go (How late he was, how late). All of them will be obit worthy (especially on Radio 4) Don't be fooled I have never read a Booker Prize winning novel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted May 16, 2012 Don't be fooled I have never read a Booker Prize winning novel I did! Three even, and in English: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Ian McEwan's Amsterdam and Yann Martel's Life of Pi. The last two I remember as a good read. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
our Sydney 11 Posted May 16, 2012 A whole 4 of them less than 60 years old, I think that says more about the age of the selection panel than the quality of the writing. Best regards Syd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted May 17, 2012 Don't be fooled I have never read a Booker Prize winning novel I did! Three even, and in English: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Ian McEwan's Amsterdam and Yann Martel's Life of Pi. The last two I remember as a good read. regards, Hein To be fair my wife has read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell and says it is a cracking read so I will probably get round to that soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted May 22, 2012 Peter Ackroyd (b. 1949) was on Desert Island Discs on Sunday (repeated on Friday at 9am) in which he revealed that after completing his book London:A Biography he suffered a massive heart attack and his mother was told he had a 50:50 chance of survival. He also revealed that he smuggled a bottle of wine into his hospital room whilst recovering and didn't beleive in giving things up. This is now several years behind him but he should be on the radar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted June 8, 2012 Its time for another list of people who still breathe: Booker Prize Winners 1971-2001 Author (Year of Birth) V S Naipaul (1932) John Berger (1926) Nadine Gordimer (1923) Ruth Prawer Jhabval (1927) David Storey (1933) Salman Rushdie (1947) Thomas Keneally (1935) J M Coetzee (1940) Anita Brookner (1928) Keri Hume (1947) Penelope Lively (1933) Peter Carey (1943) Kazuo Ishiguro (1954) A S Byatt (1936) Ben Okri (1959) Michael Ondaatje (1943) Barry Unsworth (1930) Roddy Doyle (1958) James Kelman (1946) Pat Barker (1943) Graham Swift (1949) Arundhati Roy (1961) Ian McEwan (1948) Margaret Atwood (1939) I have omitted the deceased winners such as Kingsley Amis & William Golding I don't have any specific health information but apart from those that are well into their eighties I would perhaps begin thinking about James Kelman if only because of the obvious gift if he does go (How late he was, how late). All of them will be obit worthy (especially on Radio 4) Don't be fooled I have never read a Booker Prize winning novel Lucky I got this list in as Barry Unsworth is dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted June 8, 2012 Sad about Unsworth. He did some time as a writer in residence in the Lake District at the end of the seventies and was (briefly) mates with my dad. I met him a few times. Nice bloke and deserved the success it took him years to earn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 224 Posted June 16, 2012 Erica Kennedy was found dead in her apartment yesterday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 18, 2012 http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/18/4571109/writer-erica-kennedy-found-dead.html Erica Kennedy @42 author of 'Bling'.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted June 19, 2012 Controversial author Gitta Sereny; made it to 91. Doubtless there will be some revival of the whole Mary Bell controversy and - possibly - someone rooting through Gitta's stuff to find that tell-tale entry in the Filofax; M Bell 91 Cross St...you get the general idea! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitta_Sereny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted June 27, 2012 Mid-afternoon office conversation about the once ubiquitous literary figure of Timothy Lea got me trawling the Wikipedia. Found this about Christopher Wood, what a man!! Those books were written by a Cambridge graduate. Given his tonnage of high-profile work he has to be obit worthy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wood_(writer) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted July 16, 2012 Donald J. Sobol, author of the Encyclopedia Brown and the more mature Two-Minute Mysteries series, has died aged 87. Not sure how popular they were in the UK, but I always loved his books when I was a kid, even if the solutions to the mysteries were usually complete bullshit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 224 Posted July 16, 2012 Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, has died after doing something he clearly was not very effective at: riding a bike. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted July 17, 2012 A brief reading of Sendak's various obituaries revealed that Else Holmelund Minarik, the Danish-born author of the Little Bear series, which Sendak illustrated, is still around at the age of 91. Can't find any health on her, but she's been retired since 1989 and might be a good idea for the DeathList next year. Scratch that, she's dead. And with her, Sobol, and Sendak dead any motivation for me making a Children's Book author theme team dies too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted July 19, 2012 A brief reading of Sendak's various obituaries revealed that Else Holmelund Minarik, the Danish-born author of the Little Bear series, which Sendak illustrated, is still around at the age of 91. Can't find any health on her, but she's been retired since 1989 and might be a good idea for the DeathList next year. Scratch that, she's dead. And with her, Sobol, and Sendak dead any motivation for me making a Children's Book author theme team dies too. I have been thinking about writers too a couple of suggestions that might perk up your interest again Jan Pienkowski b.1936 who provided the distinctive illustrations for Helen Nicol's (b.1937) Meg & Mog books & Alan Ahlberg b.1938 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted July 19, 2012 A brief reading of Sendak's various obituaries revealed that Else Holmelund Minarik, the Danish-born author of the Little Bear series, which Sendak illustrated, is still around at the age of 91. Can't find any health on her, but she's been retired since 1989 and might be a good idea for the DeathList next year. Scratch that, she's dead. And with her, Sobol, and Sendak dead any motivation for me making a Children's Book author theme team dies too. I have been thinking about writers too a couple of suggestions that might perk up your interest again Jan Pienkowski b.1936 who provided the distinctive illustrations for Helen Nicols Meg & Mog books & Alan Ahlberg b.1938 Alternatively you could put Sarah Ferguson and Prince Charles on your team of Children's authors Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted July 19, 2012 A brief reading of Sendak's various obituaries revealed that Else Holmelund Minarik, the Danish-born author of the Little Bear series, which Sendak illustrated, is still around at the age of 91. Can't find any health on her, but she's been retired since 1989 and might be a good idea for the DeathList next year. Scratch that, she's dead. And with her, Sobol, and Sendak dead any motivation for me making a Children's Book author theme team dies too. I have been thinking about writers too a couple of suggestions that might perk up your interest again Jan Pienkowski b.1936 who provided the distinctive illustrations for Helen Nicols Meg & Mog books & Alan Ahlberg b.1938 Alternatively you could put Sarah Ferguson and Prince Charles on your team of Children's authors Neither is particularly old, or in poor health as far as I'm aware Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted July 20, 2012 A brief reading of Sendak's various obituaries revealed that Else Holmelund Minarik, the Danish-born author of the Little Bear series, which Sendak illustrated, is still around at the age of 91. Can't find any health on her, but she's been retired since 1989 and might be a good idea for the DeathList next year. Scratch that, she's dead. And with her, Sobol, and Sendak dead any motivation for me making a Children's Book author theme team dies too. I have been thinking about writers too a couple of suggestions that might perk up your interest again Jan Pienkowski b.1936 who provided the distinctive illustrations for Helen Nicols Meg & Mog books & Alan Ahlberg b.1938 Alternatively you could put Sarah Ferguson and Prince Charles on your team of Children's authors Neither is particularly old, or in poor health as far as I'm aware Oh you are playing to win. I was just trying to be controversial. Think of all those diseases that you might contract from sucking dirty toes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted July 20, 2012 A brief reading of Sendak's various obituaries revealed that Else Holmelund Minarik, the Danish-born author of the Little Bear series, which Sendak illustrated, is still around at the age of 91. Can't find any health on her, but she's been retired since 1989 and might be a good idea for the DeathList next year. Scratch that, she's dead. And with her, Sobol, and Sendak dead any motivation for me making a Children's Book author theme team dies too. I have been thinking about writers too a couple of suggestions that might perk up your interest again Jan Pienkowski b.1936 who provided the distinctive illustrations for Helen Nicol's (b.1937) Meg & Mog books & Alan Ahlberg b.1938 I'm sure I could find hundreds of elderly children's book authors, but if I were to make a theme team for them I would want it to be a list of authors I have heard of before, of series I read when I was younger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted July 20, 2012 A brief reading of Sendak's various obituaries revealed that Else Holmelund Minarik, the Danish-born author of the Little Bear series, which Sendak illustrated, is still around at the age of 91. Can't find any health on her, but she's been retired since 1989 and might be a good idea for the DeathList next year. Scratch that, she's dead. And with her, Sobol, and Sendak dead any motivation for me making a Children's Book author theme team dies too. I have been thinking about writers too a couple of suggestions that might perk up your interest again Jan Pienkowski b.1936 who provided the distinctive illustrations for Helen Nicol's (b.1937) Meg & Mog books & Alan Ahlberg b.1938 I'm sure I could find hundreds of elderly children's book authors, but if I were to make a theme team for them I would want it to be a list of authors I have heard of before, of series I read when I was younger. Michael Bond (b. 1926), creator of Paddington Bear. Thats a start Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted July 20, 2012 A brief reading of Sendak's various obituaries revealed that Else Holmelund Minarik, the Danish-born author of the Little Bear series, which Sendak illustrated, is still around at the age of 91. Can't find any health on her, but she's been retired since 1989 and might be a good idea for the DeathList next year. Scratch that, she's dead. And with her, Sobol, and Sendak dead any motivation for me making a Children's Book author theme team dies too. I have been thinking about writers too a couple of suggestions that might perk up your interest again Jan Pienkowski b.1936 who provided the distinctive illustrations for Helen Nicol's (b.1937) Meg & Mog books & Alan Ahlberg b.1938 I'm sure I could find hundreds of elderly children's book authors, but if I were to make a theme team for them I would want it to be a list of authors I have heard of before, of series I read when I was younger. Michael Bond (b. 1926), creator of Paddington Bear. Thats a start Bond, Beverly Cleary, Richard Adams, and Eric Carle were all ideas I wrote down. I could stretch the definition a bit to include Sir Terry Pratchett and Harper Lee. It's a moot point though, I have other theme teams put together that were much easier to make and more entertaining. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted July 23, 2012 A brief reading of Sendak's various obituaries revealed that Else Holmelund Minarik, the Danish-born author of the Little Bear series, which Sendak illustrated, is still around at the age of 91. Can't find any health on her, but she's been retired since 1989 and might be a good idea for the DeathList next year. Scratch that, she's dead. And with her, Sobol, and Sendak dead any motivation for me making a Children's Book author theme team dies too. I have been thinking about writers too a couple of suggestions that might perk up your interest again Jan Pienkowski b.1936 who provided the distinctive illustrations for Helen Nicol's (b.1937) Meg & Mog books & Alan Ahlberg b.1938 I'm sure I could find hundreds of elderly children's book authors, but if I were to make a theme team for them I would want it to be a list of authors I have heard of before, of series I read when I was younger. Michael Bond (b. 1926), creator of Paddington Bear. Thats a start Bond, Beverly Cleary, Richard Adams, and Eric Carle were all ideas I wrote down. I could stretch the definition a bit to include Sir Terry Pratchett and Harper Lee. It's a moot point though, I have other theme teams put together that were much easier to make and more entertaining. I have an Authors theme team drafted out but Ray Bradbury put a hole in its bows but it is still afloat. I kept some names back!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
