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Writer
 
Writer
  
==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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Novelist, critic and campaigner for social reforms, including the rights of authors and animal rights.  Notable for being the principle instigator behind the scheme whereby authors would be paid from central government funds each time their books were borrowed from Britain's public libraries.  Author of the books 'The Snow Ball' (1964), 'The Finishing Touch' (1963), 'The King of a Rainy Country' (1956), 'In Transit' (1969), and 'Palace without Chairs' (1978).  Bisexual.
  
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==Further Reading/Research==
  
==Description==
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* https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brigid-brophy-1595286.html
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* https://www.the-tls.co.uk/rediscovering-brigid-brophy/
  
Novelist, critic and campaigner for social reforms, including the rights of authors and animal rights. Bisexual.
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Revision as of 01:19, 22 April 2019

Brigid Brophy

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1929 - 1995

Occupation

Writer

Description

Novelist, critic and campaigner for social reforms, including the rights of authors and animal rights. Notable for being the principle instigator behind the scheme whereby authors would be paid from central government funds each time their books were borrowed from Britain's public libraries. Author of the books 'The Snow Ball' (1964), 'The Finishing Touch' (1963), 'The King of a Rainy Country' (1956), 'In Transit' (1969), and 'Palace without Chairs' (1978). Bisexual.

Further Reading/Research


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