themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 23, 2016 Donald G. Payne, who, under the pseudonym James Vance Marshall, wrote the novel Walkabout, is now 92 and hasn't been mentioned before on DL, so I just thought I'd throw his name into the mix. The book was later turned into the film starring Jenny Agutter. Everyone knows about the film! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted February 4, 2016 K M Peyton talking chirpily about how many books she has written. I bet she only gave this interview when she found out she was a unique pick on the DDP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted February 8, 2016 Margaret Forster, dies aged 77. Best known work would be Georgy Girl, which was filmed starring Lynn Redgrave. Also, the wife of Hunter Davies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,056 Posted February 11, 2016 Gillian Avery has died at 89. http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/community/obituaries/obits/14267474.Obituary__Award_winning_author_Gillian_Avery_loved_gardening_on_her_allotments/?ref=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter In 1972, she won The Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for her novel A Likely Lad, which was then adapted for television in 1990. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bubbles Posted February 15, 2016 Author Pat Conroy diagnosed with pancreatic cancer http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/15/pat-conroy-diagnosed-with-pancreatic-cancer-says-i-intend-to-fight/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guylevesque 18 Posted February 20, 2016 Italian media are reporting that Umberto Eco has passed away at 84. No presentation needed, another big loss today... http://www.euronews.com/2016/02/20/italian-author-and-intellectual-umberto-eco-has-died-at-the-age-of-84/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,056 Posted February 20, 2016 Italian media are reporting that Umberto Eco has passed away at 84. No presentation needed, another big loss today... http://www.euronews.com/2016/02/20/italian-author-and-intellectual-umberto-eco-has-died-at-the-age-of-84/ Wow! Two authors in 24 hours? You couldn't write this sort of stuff... BBC Obit for the DDP: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35620368 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted February 20, 2016 This is getting ridiculous. Just a list of the major and moderate-importance deaths so far this year (some more important for Americans than Brits, and others more important for Brits than Americans, so don't complain!) January 4: Robert Stigwood January 5: Pierre Boulez January 6: Pat Harrington, Jr. January 10: David Bowie January 14: Alan Rickman, Rene Angelil January 15: Dan Haggerty January 18: Glenn Frey January 22: Cecil Parkinson January 26: Abe Vigoda January 28: Paul Kantner, Signe Toly Anderson January 29: Jacques Rivette January 30: Frank Finlay January 31: Terry Wogan February 4: Maurice White February 13: Antonin Scalia February 15: George Gaynes February 16: Boutros Boutros-Ghali February 19: Harper Lee, Umberto Eco Let me know if I forgot anyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,056 Posted February 20, 2016 I'd include Robert Stigwood in there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted February 20, 2016 Pierre Boulez, Alan Rickman, Frank Finlay and, I suppose, Cecil Parkinson (despite his outright git nature) would add to your list too, certainly. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted February 20, 2016 Pierre Boulez, Alan Rickman, Frank Finlay and, I suppose, Cecil Parkinson (despite his outright git nature) would add to your list too, certainly. Oh my god, how could I forgot Rickman! *insert facepalm emoticon that I can't figure out how to insert from my phone* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted February 20, 2016 Pierre Boulez, Alan Rickman, Frank Finlay and, I suppose, Cecil Parkinson (despite his outright git nature) would add to your list too, certainly. Oh my god, how could I forgot Rickman! *insert facepalm emoticon that I can't figure out how to insert from my phone* Where's there a 14 year old kid when you need one to show how it's done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted February 20, 2016 Italian media are reporting that Umberto Eco has passed away at 84. No presentation needed, another big loss today... http://www.euronews.com/2016/02/20/italian-author-and-intellectual-umberto-eco-has-died-at-the-age-of-84/ Shit, shit, shit. I read several of Eco's books in translation. Not all of them are good reads, but all of them interesting in a QI sort of way. Here´s a pirate copy of his book How to travel with a salmon & other essays. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted February 20, 2016 This is getting ridiculous. Just a list of the major and moderate-importance deaths so far this year (some more important for Americans than Brits, and others more important for Brits than Americans, so don't complain!) January 4: Robert Stigwood January 5: Pierre Boulez January 6: Pat Harrington, Jr. January 10: David Bowie January 14: Alan Rickman, Rene Angelil January 15: Dan Haggerty January 18: Glenn Frey January 22: Cecil Parkinson January 26: Abe Vigoda January 28: Paul Kantner, Signe Toly Anderson January 30: Frank Finlay January 31: Terry Wogan February 4: Maurice White February 13: Antonin Scalia February 15: George Gaynes February 16: Boutros Boutros-Ghali February 19: Harper Lee, Umberto Eco Let me know if I forgot anyone. Jaques Rivette. I know some people on here are claiming not to have heard of him but he was a big name and I'd say has more right to be there than Pat Harringon or George Gaynes. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted February 20, 2016 I listen to my music on shuffle usually. Since yesterday I swear Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" has been in the first 3 songs that played each and every time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 20, 2016 I listen to my music on shuffle usually. Since yesterday I swear Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" has been in the first 3 songs that played each and every time. And?...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Louise Rennison, (Angus, Thongs & Full-Frontal Snogging), dies aged 63. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,056 Posted March 5, 2016 Author Pat Conroy diagnosed with pancreatic cancer http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/15/pat-conroy-diagnosed-with-pancreatic-cancer-says-i-intend-to-fight/ Dead: http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article64158467.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted March 5, 2016 Author Pat Conroy diagnosed with pancreatic cancer http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/15/pat-conroy-diagnosed-with-pancreatic-cancer-says-i-intend-to-fight/ Dead: http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article64158467.html Pancreatic cancer... still a bitch... (Louise Plowright had it as well...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,056 Posted March 14, 2016 Can't find anything so may be one of those hoaxes, but rumour that Anita Brookner may have died? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted March 14, 2016 If Joanna Harris is tweeting it, you'd have thought that's close to an official announcement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,056 Posted March 14, 2016 Anita Brookner's death confirmed: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/anita-brookner-author-of-hotel-du-lac-dies-aged-87/ And I've just seen she's too late for the update on the DDP! BiblioG and one other team picked her. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted March 15, 2016 Booker Prize Winners updated for 2014 & 2015 Winners V S Naipaul (1932) John Berger (1926) 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) Roddy Doyle (1958) James Kelman (1946) Pat Barker (1943) Graham Swift (1949) Arundhati Roy (1961) Ian McEwan (1948) Margaret Atwood (1939) Yann Martel (1963) DBC Pierre (1961) Alan Hollinghurst (1954) John Banville (1945) Kiran Desai (1971) Anne Enright (1962) Aravind Adiga (1974) Hilary Mantel (1952) Howard Jacobson (1942) Julian Barnes (1946) Eleanor Catton (1985) Richard Flanagan (1961) Marlon James (1970) Updated for Brookner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted March 16, 2016 DDP heavyweight Peter Esterhazy has published his new book "The Marcus Version" and wants to present it in Berlin at April 7th: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/die-markus-version-von-peter-esterhazy-kritik-zum-buch-a-1082258.html(german link) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weebl 216 Posted March 20, 2016 'Kes' author Barry Hines dies aged 76: http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2016-03-20/kes-author-barry-hines-dies/ I remember that book well ... Hands off cocks, on socks! It will probably be Bernard MacLaverty next time... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
