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{{Short description|British writer and literary critic}} |
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'''Chris Power''' is a British writer and literary critic for [[The Guardian]]. |
'''Chris Power''' is a British writer and literary critic for ''[[The Guardian]]''. |
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He was born in 1975 and grew up in Farnborough, Hampshire.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021"> |
He was born in 1975 and grew up in Farnborough, Hampshire.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021">{{Cite web |date=2021-04-03 |title=Chris Power: 'You burn reality to fuel the fiction' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/03/chris-power-you-burn-reality-to-fuel-the-fiction |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> He studied English and American literature at [[Swansea University]], graduating in 1998.<ref>https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnpower {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref> |
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He has worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021"/> |
He has worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021"/> |
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Power wrote a regular column for |
Power wrote a regular column for ''The Guardian'' about the [[short story]] as a literary form between 2007 and 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurlburt |first1=Ann |title=Riveting Stories About Restless Wanderers|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/chris-power-mothers/576415/ |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=January 2019}}<br />- {{cite news |last1=Rosen |first1=Christine |title=Mothers: Stories (brief review) |work=Commentary |date=May 2019}}</ref> [https://www.theguardian.com/books/series/abriefsurveyoftheshortstory] He has also presented the [[BBC Radio Four]] programme ''Open Book''.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021"/> |
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He has cited [[Roberto Bolaño]] and [[Denis Johnson]] as literary influences.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021"/> |
He has cited [[Roberto Bolaño]] and [[Denis Johnson]] as literary influences.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021"/> |
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[[Category:Literary critics of English]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:51, 28 November 2023
Chris Power is a British writer and literary critic for The Guardian.
He was born in 1975 and grew up in Farnborough, Hampshire.[1] He studied English and American literature at Swansea University, graduating in 1998.[2]
He has worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director.[1]
Power wrote a regular column for The Guardian about the short story as a literary form between 2007 and 2020.[3] [1] He has also presented the BBC Radio Four programme Open Book.[1]
He has cited Roberto Bolaño and Denis Johnson as literary influences.[1]
Power's first book of short stories, Mothers: Stories, was published in 2018 in Britain and in 2019 in the United States.[4]
His first novel, A Lonely Man, was published in April 2021.[5]
Power is married with two daughters and lives in London.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Chris Power: 'You burn reality to fuel the fiction'". the Guardian. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnpower [self-published source]
- ^ Hurlburt, Ann (January 2019). "Riveting Stories About Restless Wanderers". The Atlantic.
- Rosen, Christine (May 2019). "Mothers: Stories (brief review)". Commentary. - ^ McAloon, Jonathan (30 June 2018). "Mothers (book review)". The Spectator.
- Thomas-Kennedy, Jackie (25 January 2019). "Review: 'Mothers: Stories,' by Chris Power". Star-Tribune. Retrieved 8 May 2019. - ^ "A Lonely Man".