Barry Fantoni
Barry Ernest Fantoni (born February 28, 1940 in London ) is an English author , painter , cartoonist and jazz musician .
Life
Fantoni studied art, worked as a painter and published his first cartoon in 1963 in the satirical magazine "Private Eye", for which he has worked since then. In addition to his cartoons, he also published texts, for example the "EJ Thribb" column, which is very well known in England.
Fantoni also drew and wrote for other newspapers and magazines. He wrote texts for the BBC , where he also had his own programs. He has also appeared as an actor in television series and commercials, wrote crime stories with detective Mike Dime, created a one-man show called "From the Dragon's Mouth" and "Barry Fantoni's Jazz Circus" (1990). His first play, Modigliani, My Love, premiered in 1999 in Paris.
In 2010 Fantoni moved to Calais to write novels and his memoirs in retirement. In 2012, the crime thriller Harry Lipkin, Private Eye, appeared with the world's oldest detective.
Web links
- Literature by and about Barry Fantoni in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Barry Fantoni at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Barry Fantoni Biography on Cartoons.ac.uk (English)
- ^ Tara Conlan: Private Eye writer and cartoonist Fantoni bids farewell, now . The Guardian , December 21, 2010
- ^ Paul Blezard: Barry Fantoni: 'Harry knows what I know' . The Independent , June 3, 2012 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fantoni, Barry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fantoni, Barry Ernest (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English author, painter, cartoonist and jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |