Julian Fane (author)
Julian Charles Fane ( born May 25, 1927 in Badminton, Gloucestershire, † 13 December, 2009 Daymer Lane, Trebetherick, Cornwall ) was an English writer.
Biography
Fane was the younger son of the 14th Earl of Westmoreland and Lady Diana, daughter of the 4th Lord Ribblesdale. At the coronation of King George VI. In 1936 he was George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley of Page, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley. After attending Harrow School he began an undergraduate degree ( undergraduate study) at Cambridge University. In 1943 he entered the service of the British Army, but was soon discarded it as an invalid.
His writing career began in 1947, first as a screenwriter, though without success. Later he devoted himself to writing novels of known publishers such as John Murray, who issued between 1997 and 2001 his collected novels in five volumes. Addition, however, also appeared in publications St George 's Press, where he was a partner.
In 1956 he published his first novel, "Morning", a fictional representation of a childhood. The story takes place in Lygrove, a house near Badminton, Gloucestershire, where Fane himself had lived as a child and where he returned again and again until the death of his mother in 1983 and on his reason, his mother created a famous garden in the style of Gertrude Jekyll had. "Morning" was well received by critics: Harold Nicolson saw it as "the work of a literary artist, beautifully written, colorful, composed"; Elizabeth Bowen recognized "true nobility " and John Betjeman judged it as a book " that would last for generations " ahead. 1987 "Morning" was reissued by the publisher Hamish Hamilton, after The New York Times praised the book as " prose fiction of a rare, memorable and always incomparable beauty." However, he succeeded in spite of a loyal readership not to build on the success of this work, on the other hand, however, he was not looking to compete with other authors of the time such as John Braine, Kingsley Amis and Colin Wilson.
In 1960 he published his second novel, "The Letter ", the " a crisis in the life of a writer " described according to Betjeman. The book was written in the form of a letter to a person who loved the writer and was inspired by Joan Countess of Drogheda.
1987 appeared under the title "Memories of My Mother" a biography of his mother Diana, who " was insightful and well planned, but not euphemistically ," according to James Lees- Milne. In his novel "Best Friends" (1990 ), he praised Lord and Lady David Cecil, Lady Cynthia Asquith, LP Hartley, and others who have shaped his life.
Joan Countess of Drogheda it was again, the inspiration for his 1993 novel " Eleanor ", which perhaps is his most extraordinary work and reichhaltigstes. In this novel, were figures like Harold Craxton, Barbara Hutton, Sydney and ship Violet and Lord Drogheda, presented as the " gold-plated mosquito ", conjured up in varying degrees of fictional form. In October 2008, appeared with "Children in the Dark", another novel. His last work " The Night Sky " was released posthumously on 28 January 2010.
1976 married Fane Gillian Swire, who was director of the Glyndebourne Opera House several years.
Work
Overall, Julian Fane wrote fifty works during his life. Several times he described the externals of his writing: He worked five hours a day, seven days per week; while he used a fountain pen and lined paper. He pursued his work with utmost devotion. The seriousness of the literary life did not allow him to waste his energy on " trivial events": "Social life is goodbye to art. "
Awards
For his contributions to English literature Fane was a member ( Fellow ) of the Royal Society of Literature elected in 1974.
Works
- Morning, London: Murray, 1956.
- A Letter, London: John Murray, 1960.
- Cautionary tales for women. A novel, London: Hamilton and St. George 's Press, 1988.
- Byron 's diary, Lewes: Book Guild, 2003.
- Damnation, Lewes: Book Guild, 2004.
- According to Robin, Lewes: Book Guild, 2006.