Bradbury was born in Sheffield, the son of a railwayman.[2] His family moved to London in 1935, but returned to Sheffield in 1941 with his brother and mother. The family later moved to Nottingham and in 1943 Bradbury attended West Bridgford Grammar School, where he remained until 1950. He read English at University College, Leicester, gaining a first-class degree in 1953. He continued his studies at Queen Mary College, University of London, where he gained his MA in 1955.[3]
Between 1955 and 1958 Bradbury moved between teaching posts with the University of Manchester and Indiana University in the United States. He returned to England in 1958 for a major heart operation; such was his heart condition that he was not expected to live beyond middle age. In 1959, while in hospital, he completed his first novel, Eating People is Wrong.
Malcolm Bradbury's grave at St Mary's Church, Tasburgh, Norfolk
Bradbury married Elizabeth Salt and they had two sons. He took up his first teaching post as an adult-education tutor at the University of Hull. With his study on Evelyn Waugh in 1962 he began his career of writing and editing critical books. From 1961 to 1965 he taught at the University of Birmingham. He completed his PhD in American studies at the University of Manchester in 1962, moving to the University of East Anglia (his second novel, Stepping Westward, appeared in 1965), where he became Professor of American Studies in 1970 and launched the MA in Creative Writing course, attended by both Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro.[4]
He published Possibilities: Essays on the State of the Novel in 1973, The History Man in 1975, Who Do You Think You Are? in 1976, Rates of Exchange in 1983 and Cuts: A Very Short Novel in 1987. He retired from academic life in 1995.
Bradbury died at Priscilla Bacon Lodge, Colman Hospital, Norwich, attended by his wife and their two sons, Matthew and Dominic. He was buried on 4 December 2000 in the churchyard of St Mary's parish church, Tasburgh, near Norwich where the Bradburys owned a second home. Though he was not an orthodox religious believer, he respected the traditions and socio-cultural role of the Church of England and enjoyed visiting churches in the spirit of Philip Larkin's poem, "Church Going".
WorksEdit
Bradbury was a productive academic writer as well as a successful teacher; an expert on the modern novel, he published books on Evelyn Waugh, Saul Bellow and E. M. Forster, as well as editions of such modern classics as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and a number of surveys and handbooks of modern fiction, both British and American. However, he is best known to a wider public as a novelist. Although often compared with his contemporary David Lodge, a friend who has also written campus novels, Bradbury's books are consistently darker in mood and less playful both in style and language. In 1986, he wrote a short humorous book titled Why Come to Slaka?, a parody of travel books, dealing with Slaka, the fictional Eastern European country that is the setting for his novel Rates of Exchange, a 1983 novel that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.[6]
Malcolm Bradbury Archive, University of East Anglia
Lise Jaillant, "Myth Maker: Malcolm Bradbury and the Creation of Creative Writing at UEA." New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing
October 15, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Malcolm Bradbury news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury CBE 7 September 1932 27 November 2000 was an English author and academic 1 SirMalcolm BradburyCBEMalcolm BradburyBornMalcolm Stanley Bradbury 1932 09 07 7 September 1932Sheffield West Riding of Yorkshire EnglandDied27 November 2000 2000 11 27 aged 68 Norwich Norfolk EnglandAlma materUniversity College Leicester BA Queen Mary College University of London MA Victoria University of Manchester PhD Years active1955 2000Websitewww wbr malcolmbradbury wbr com Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Selected bibliography 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksLife EditBradbury was born in Sheffield the son of a railwayman 2 His family moved to London in 1935 but returned to Sheffield in 1941 with his brother and mother The family later moved to Nottingham and in 1943 Bradbury attended West Bridgford Grammar School where he remained until 1950 He read English at University College Leicester gaining a first class degree in 1953 He continued his studies at Queen Mary College University of London where he gained his MA in 1955 3 Between 1955 and 1958 Bradbury moved between teaching posts with the University of Manchester and Indiana University in the United States He returned to England in 1958 for a major heart operation such was his heart condition that he was not expected to live beyond middle age In 1959 while in hospital he completed his first novel Eating People is Wrong nbsp Malcolm Bradbury s grave at St Mary s Church Tasburgh NorfolkBradbury married Elizabeth Salt and they had two sons He took up his first teaching post as an adult education tutor at the University of Hull With his study on Evelyn Waugh in 1962 he began his career of writing and editing critical books From 1961 to 1965 he taught at the University of Birmingham He completed his PhD in American studies at the University of Manchester in 1962 moving to the University of East Anglia his second novel Stepping Westward appeared in 1965 where he became Professor of American Studies in 1970 and launched the MA in Creative Writing course attended by both Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro 4 He published Possibilities Essays on the State of the Novel in 1973 The History Man in 1975 Who Do You Think You Are in 1976 Rates of Exchange in 1983 and Cuts A Very Short Novel in 1987 He retired from academic life in 1995 Bradbury became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991 for services to literature and was made a Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2000 again for services to literature 5 Bradbury died at Priscilla Bacon Lodge Colman Hospital Norwich attended by his wife and their two sons Matthew and Dominic He was buried on 4 December 2000 in the churchyard of St Mary s parish church Tasburgh near Norwich where the Bradburys owned a second home Though he was not an orthodox religious believer he respected the traditions and socio cultural role of the Church of England and enjoyed visiting churches in the spirit of Philip Larkin s poem Church Going Works EditBradbury was a productive academic writer as well as a successful teacher an expert on the modern novel he published books on Evelyn Waugh Saul Bellow and E M Forster as well as editions of such modern classics as F Scott Fitzgerald s The Great Gatsby and a number of surveys and handbooks of modern fiction both British and American However he is best known to a wider public as a novelist Although often compared with his contemporary David Lodge a friend who has also written campus novels Bradbury s books are consistently darker in mood and less playful both in style and language In 1986 he wrote a short humorous book titled Why Come to Slaka a parody of travel books dealing with Slaka the fictional Eastern European country that is the setting for his novel Rates of Exchange a 1983 novel that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 6 Bradbury also wrote extensively for television including scripting series such as Anything More Would Be Greedy The Gravy Train and its sequel The Gravy Train Goes East which explored life in Bradbury s fictional Slaka and adapting novels such as Tom Sharpe s Blott on the Landscape and Porterhouse Blue Alison Lurie s Imaginary Friends Kingsley Amis s The Green Man and the penultimate Inspector Morse episode The Wench is Dead His last television script was for Dalziel and Pascoe series 5 produced by Andy Rowley The episode Foreign Bodies was screened on BBC One on 15 July 2000 7 His work was often humorous and ironic mocking academe British culture and communism usually with a picaresque tone 8 Selected bibliography EditEating People is Wrong 1959 Writers and Critics Evelyn Waugh Oliver and Boyd 1964 Stepping Westward 1965 Contemporary Criticism 1970 The Social Context of Modern English Literature 1971 Possibilities 1973 The History Man 1975 Who Do You Think You Are 1976 a collection of short stories All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go 1982 The After Dinner Game 1982 Rates of Exchange 1983 includes description of a performance of the imaginary opera Vedontakal Vrop also described in Why Come to Slaka The Modern American Novel 1983 Why Come to Slaka 1986 Cuts 1987 Mensonge 1987 My Strange Quest for Mensonge Structuralism s Hidden Hero 1987 No Not Bloomsbury 1987 Unsent Letters 1988 The Modern World Ten Great Writers 1988 Doctor Criminale 1992 The Modern British Novel 1993 Dangerous Pilgrimages Trans Atlantic Mythologies and the Novel 1995 To the Hermitage 2000 See also EditAmerican Studies in BritainReferences Edit Literary Encyclopedia Sir Malcolm Bradbury Litencyc com Retrieved 28 December 2014 BBC News ENTERTAINMENT Sir Malcolm Bradbury Literature Man News bbc co uk 28 November 2000 Retrieved 28 December 2014 Harvey Wood Harriet 28 November 2000 Obituary Sir Malcolm Bradbury The Guardian Retrieved 23 September 2016 Author Sir Malcolm Bradbury dies News bbc co uk 28 November 2000 Retrieved 28 December 2014 Official announcement knighthood The London Gazette 30 December 1999 Malcolm Bradbury Picador com Retrieved 28 December 2014 Dalziel and Pascoe Foreign Bodies TV Episode 2000 IMDb 25 October 2013 Retrieved 28 December 2014 Malcolm Bradbury Lidiavianu scriptmania com Retrieved 28 December 2014 External links Edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Malcolm Bradbury Malcolm Bradbury at IMDb UEA MA in Creative Writing Malcolm Bradbury Archive University of East Anglia Lise Jaillant Myth Maker Malcolm Bradbury and the Creation of Creative Writing at UEA New Writing The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Malcolm Bradbury amp oldid 1156277258, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
