Английская Википедия:Glyn Hughes (writer)
Шаблон:Short description Glyn Hughes (25 May 1935 – 24 May 2011) was an English poet, novelist and artist.
Early life and education
Glyn Hughes was born on 25 May 1935 in Altrincham. His father was a bus conductor, who had been unemployed in the 1920's. His mother "cleaned other people's houses."[1]Шаблон:Rp He grew up up in a council house estate, introduced to literature by his father, who was a voracious reader.[1]Шаблон:Rp
Hughes attended Altrincham Grammar School for Boys.[2] He has stated that "literature at school was nothing... had nothing to do with my life... A mess of words. "[1]Шаблон:Rp At the age of 13, he discovered Richard Jefferies on his own on the shelves of the public library.[1]Шаблон:Rp
After grammar school he attended a local art college and later trained to be a teacher.[2]
Career
Hughes worked as a teacher for 10 years before becoming a full-time writer in 1968.[2] In 1970, he bought a derelict cottage in Millbank, Sowerby Bridge for 50GBP.[1]Шаблон:Rp In 1975, he published Millstone Grit, a journey through the West Riding of Yorkshire and East Lancashire. In it, he devotes an entire chapter describing how he interviewed William Holt.[1]Шаблон:Rp
His 1982 novel Where I Used to Play on the Green won the Guardian Fiction Prize[3][2] and David Higham Prize for Fiction.[4]
Personal life and death
Hughes was married three times and had one son. He died from cancer on 24 May 2011, at the age of 75.[2][5]
Legacy
Millstone Grit was included in "William Atkins's top 10 books of the moor" in 2014,[6] and was republished by Little Toller Books in 2022 with an introduction by Ben Myers.[7]
Selected publications
- Towards the Sun: poems & photographs (1971, Harry Chambers, Phoenix Pamphlet Poets, Manchester)
- Millstone Grit (1975, Readers Union: Шаблон:ISBN)
- Where I Used to Play on the Green (1982, Gollancz: Шаблон:ISBN)
- Life Class (2009, Shoestring: Шаблон:ISBN)
- A Year in the Bull-box (2011, Arc: Шаблон:ISBN)
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Шаблон:Cite book)
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