Category Archives: biography

Kathleen Jones: biography of Katherine Mansfield

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Clare Spencer

I first fell in love with Katherine Mansfield as a teenager, when I found an edition of her Journals in a second hand book shop in the Charing Cross Road.  Like her, I had gone to London to try to … Continue reading →

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Sarah Bakewell wins 2011 Duff Cooper prize

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Clare Spencer

Sarah Bakewell, associate lecturer for Creative writing (A215), was announced the winner of the 2011 Duff Cooper Prize on 22 February.   Critically acclaimed, her biography of Montaigne, How to Live: A life of Montaigne, was previously one of only three … Continue reading →

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