Difference between revisions of "Philip Hensher"
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Novelist, critic, journalist. Served as judge for Booker prize, and whose book 'The Northern Clemency' was shortlisted for the prize in 2008. Since 2000, listed as one of 100 most influential LGBT people in Great Britain. Once called the "waspish wonder boy of English fiction", Hensher claims he hasn't ventured out without a book since he was five. His novels, celebrating the strangeness of people's lives, sit alongside a growing body of criticism. Memorably, he labelled Harry Potter "thin and unsatisfying". | Novelist, critic, journalist. Served as judge for Booker prize, and whose book 'The Northern Clemency' was shortlisted for the prize in 2008. Since 2000, listed as one of 100 most influential LGBT people in Great Britain. Once called the "waspish wonder boy of English fiction", Hensher claims he hasn't ventured out without a book since he was five. His novels, celebrating the strangeness of people's lives, sit alongside a growing body of criticism. Memorably, he labelled Harry Potter "thin and unsatisfying". | ||
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| + | * [[Literary Critics and Editors Who Identify as LGBTQ]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:50, 23 April 2019
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1965 -
Occupation
Writer
Description
Novelist, critic, journalist. Served as judge for Booker prize, and whose book 'The Northern Clemency' was shortlisted for the prize in 2008. Since 2000, listed as one of 100 most influential LGBT people in Great Britain. Once called the "waspish wonder boy of English fiction", Hensher claims he hasn't ventured out without a book since he was five. His novels, celebrating the strangeness of people's lives, sit alongside a growing body of criticism. Memorably, he labelled Harry Potter "thin and unsatisfying".
