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Claire Tomalin

January 01, 1970

Claire Tomalin (née Delavenay; born 20 June 1933) is an English journalist and biographer known for her biographies of Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft.

Claire Tomalin
Tomalin, 2013
BornClaire Delavenay
(1933-06-20) 20 June 1933 (age 90)
London, England
OccupationAuthor, journalist
EducationHitchin Girls' School; Dartington Hall School
Alma materNewnham College, Cambridge
Notable worksThe Invisible Woman: The story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens (1990): Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self (2002)
Spouse
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(m. 1955; died 1973)​
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(m. 1993)​
Children5

Early life edit

Tomalin was born Claire Delavenay on 20 June 1933 in London, the daughter of English composer Muriel Herbert and French academic Émile Delavenay.[1][2]

Education edit

Tomalin was educated at Hitchin Girls' Grammar School,[3] a former state grammar school in Hitchin in Hertfordshire, at Dartington Hall School,[3] a former boarding-school in Devon, and at Newnham College at the University of Cambridge.[3][1]

Career edit

Since then she has published:

Tomalin organised two exhibitions about the Regency actress Mrs Jordan at Kenwood House in 1995, and about Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley in 1997. In 2004 she unveiled a blue plaque for Mary Wollstonecraft at 45 Dolben Street, Southwark, where Wollstonecraft lived from 1788.[4] She has served on the Committee of the London Library, and as a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery and the Wordsworth Trust. She is a Vice-President of the Royal Literary Fund, the Royal Society of Literature and of English PEN. She is also a member of the American Philosophical Society.[5]

Personal life edit

Tomalin married her first husband, fellow Cambridge graduate Nicholas Tomalin, a journalist, in 1955,[6] and they had three daughters and two sons.[7] He was killed while reporting on the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War in 1973. She worked in publishing and journalism as literary editor of the New Statesman, then The Sunday Times, while bringing up her children.[1] She married the novelist and playwright Michael Frayn in 1993.[8] They live in Petersham, London.[9]

Awards and honours edit

Works edit

  • The Young H. G. Wells: Changing the World (New York, Penguin Books, 2021) (ISBN 978-1-984-87902-8)
  • A Life of My Own (London, Penguin Books, 2017) (ISBN 978-0-241-23995-7). Autobiography.
  • Charles Dickens: A Life (New York, Penguin Books, 2011) (ISBN 0-14-103693-1).
  • Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man (New York, Penguin Press, 2007) (ISBN 978-1-594-20118-9).
  • Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self (New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2002) (ISBN 0-670-88568-1 or 0-14-028234-3).
  • Jane Austen: A Life (Vintage eBooks, 2000) (ISBN 0-14-029690-5)
  • Several Strangers; writing from three decades (London, Viking Books, 1999) (ISBN 0-670-88567-3); (New York, Penguin, 2000) (ISBN 0-14-190950-1).
  • Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life (London, Viking, 1987), 1998 (ISBN 0-14-011715-6).
  • Mrs. Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King, 1995 (ISBN 0-14-015923-1).
  • The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens (London, Viking, 1990) (New York, Knopf, 1991) (ISBN 0-14-012136-6).
  • Shelley and His World (London, Thames and Hudson, 1980) (ISBN 0-500-13068-X); (New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980) (ISBN 0-68-416620-8).
  • The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974), 1992 (ISBN 0-14-016761-7).

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Cooke, Rachel (24 September 2011). "Claire Tomalin: 'Writing induces melancholy...'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Tomalin, Claire, (born 20 June 1933), writer", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u37831, ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4, retrieved 6 December 2019
  3. ^ a b c "The Fitzwilliam Museum - Biography - Claire Tomalin FRSL (b. 1933)". Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. ^ London SE1 website team (4 July 2004). "Mary Wollstonecraft blue plaque unveiled". London SE1. Retrieved 6 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. ^ http://www.freebmd.org.uk search on Tomalin marriages post 1953
  7. ^ http://www.freebmd.org.uk search on Tomalin/Delavenay births post 1955
  8. ^ "Claire Tomalin: A life in words". BBC News. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  9. ^ Adams, Tim (16 August 2009). "The interview: Michael Frayn". The Observer. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

Further reading edit

  • "Aida Edemariam meets Claire Tomalin", The Guardian, 18 November 2006
  • "Claire Tomalin: a Life in Words", BBC News, 29 January 2003
  • Gardner, Anthony (2003). "An encounter with the acclaimed biographer of Samuel Pepys", from The Telegraph Magazine
  • Wood, Gaby (26 January 2003). "The Observer Profile: Claire Tomalin", The Observer.

External links edit

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Wendy Doniger
Kate Flint
 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize
2003
and
Jane Stabler 		Succeeded by
Maud Ellmann
Anne Stott

January 01, 1970
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Claire Tomalin nee Delavenay born 20 June 1933 is an English journalist and biographer known for her biographies of Charles Dickens Thomas Hardy Samuel Pepys Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft Claire TomalinTomalin 2013BornClaire Delavenay 1933 06 20 20 June 1933 age 90 London EnglandOccupationAuthor journalistEducationHitchin Girls School Dartington Hall SchoolAlma materNewnham College CambridgeNotable worksThe Invisible Woman The story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens 1990 Samuel Pepys The Unequalled Self 2002 SpouseNicholas Tomalin m 1955 died 1973 wbr Michael Frayn m 1993 wbr Children5 Contents 1 Early life 2 Education 3 Career 4 Personal life 5 Awards and honours 6 Works 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksEarly life editTomalin was born Claire Delavenay on 20 June 1933 in London the daughter of English composer Muriel Herbert and French academic Emile Delavenay 1 2 Education editTomalin was educated at Hitchin Girls Grammar School 3 a former state grammar school in Hitchin in Hertfordshire at Dartington Hall School 3 a former boarding school in Devon and at Newnham College at the University of Cambridge 3 1 Career editIn 1974 she published her first book The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft which won the Whitbread Book Award Since then she has published Shelley and His World 1980 Katherine Mansfield A Secret Life 1987 The Invisible Woman The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens 1990 NCR Book Award Hawthornden James Tait Black Prize Now a film Mrs Jordan s Profession 1994 Jane Austen A Life 1997 Samuel Pepys The Unequalled Self 2002 Whitbread biography and Book of the Year prizes Pepys Society Prize Rose Mary Crawshay Prize Thomas Hardy The Time Torn Man 2006 followed by a television film about Hardy and published a collection of Hardy s poems Charles Dickens A Life 2011 The Young H G Wells Changing the World 2021 She also edited and introduced Mary Shelley s story for children Maurice A collection of her reviews Several Strangers appeared in 1999 Tomalin organised two exhibitions about the Regency actress Mrs Jordan at Kenwood House in 1995 and about Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley in 1997 In 2004 she unveiled a blue plaque for Mary Wollstonecraft at 45 Dolben Street Southwark where Wollstonecraft lived from 1788 4 She has served on the Committee of the London Library and as a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery and the Wordsworth Trust She is a Vice President of the Royal Literary Fund the Royal Society of Literature and of English PEN She is also a member of the American Philosophical Society 5 Personal life editTomalin married her first husband fellow Cambridge graduate Nicholas Tomalin a journalist in 1955 6 and they had three daughters and two sons 7 He was killed while reporting on the Arab Israeli Yom Kippur War in 1973 She worked in publishing and journalism as literary editor of the New Statesman then The Sunday Times while bringing up her children 1 She married the novelist and playwright Michael Frayn in 1993 8 They live in Petersham London 9 Awards and honours editJames Tait Black Memorial Prize The Invisible Woman 1990 Hawthornden Prize The Invisible Woman 1991 Whitbread Book Award Samuel Pepys The Unequalled Self 2002 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize Samuel Pepys The Unequalled Self 2003 Samuel Pepys Award of the Samuel Pepys Club Samuel Pepys The Unequalled Self 2003 Samuel Johnson Prize shortlist Samuel Pepys The Unequalled Self 2003 Honorary Member Magdalene College Cambridge 2003 Honorary Fellow Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge 2003 Newnham College Cambridge 2004 Honorary D Litt UEA 2005 Birmingham 2005 Greenwich 2006 Cambridge 2007 Goldsmith 2009 Open University 2008 Roehampton 2011 Portsmouth 2012 2 Costa Book Awards Biography shortlist Charles Dickens A Life 2011 Biographers International Organization Annual Award 2016 2 Bodley Medal 2018 2 Works editThe Young H G Wells Changing the World New York Penguin Books 2021 ISBN 978 1 984 87902 8 A Life of My Own London Penguin Books 2017 ISBN 978 0 241 23995 7 Autobiography Charles Dickens A Life New York Penguin Books 2011 ISBN 0 14 103693 1 Thomas Hardy The Time Torn Man New York Penguin Press 2007 ISBN 978 1 594 20118 9 Samuel Pepys The Unequalled Self New York Alfred A Knopf 2002 ISBN 0 670 88568 1 or 0 14 028234 3 Jane Austen A Life Vintage eBooks 2000 ISBN 0 14 029690 5 Several Strangers writing from three decades London Viking Books 1999 ISBN 0 670 88567 3 New York Penguin 2000 ISBN 0 14 190950 1 Katherine Mansfield A Secret Life London Viking 1987 1998 ISBN 0 14 011715 6 Mrs Jordan s Profession The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King 1995 ISBN 0 14 015923 1 The Invisible Woman The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens London Viking 1990 New York Knopf 1991 ISBN 0 14 012136 6 Shelley and His World London Thames and Hudson 1980 ISBN 0 500 13068 X New York Charles Scribner s Sons 1980 ISBN 0 68 416620 8 The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft London Weidenfeld amp Nicolson 1974 1992 ISBN 0 14 016761 7 References edit a b c Cooke Rachel 24 September 2011 Claire Tomalin Writing induces melancholy The Guardian Retrieved 8 May 2014 a b c d Tomalin Claire born 20 June 1933 writer Who s Who Oxford University Press 1 December 2007 doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 u37831 ISBN 978 0 19 954088 4 retrieved 6 December 2019 a b c The Fitzwilliam Museum Biography Claire Tomalin FRSL b 1933 Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge 2008 Retrieved 5 September 2017 London SE1 website team 4 July 2004 Mary Wollstonecraft blue plaque unveiled London SE1 Retrieved 6 May 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link APS Member History search amphilsoc org Retrieved 29 March 2021 http www freebmd org uk search on Tomalin marriages post 1953 http www freebmd org uk search on Tomalin Delavenay births post 1955 Claire Tomalin A life in words BBC News 2 July 2018 Retrieved 13 December 2022 Adams Tim 16 August 2009 The interview Michael Frayn The Observer Retrieved 13 December 2022 Further reading edit Aida Edemariam meets Claire Tomalin The Guardian 18 November 2006 Claire Tomalin a Life in Words BBC News 29 January 2003 Gardner Anthony 2003 An encounter with the acclaimed biographer of Samuel Pepys from The Telegraph Magazine Wood Gaby 26 January 2003 The Observer Profile Claire Tomalin The Observer External links editClaire Tomalin at IMDb Claire Tomalin at British Council Literature Appearances on C SPAN Awards and achievements Preceded byWendy DonigerKate Flint Rose Mary Crawshay Prize2003andJane Stabler Succeeded byMaud EllmannAnne Stott Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Claire Tomalin amp oldid 1193591659, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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