David Hughes (Author)
David Hughes (born July 27, 1930 in Alton , Hampshire , † April 11, 2005 in London ) was an English writer and screenwriter .
Life
Born in Alton, Hampshire, Hughes attended Eggar's Grammar School , Alton, and later King's College School at Wimbledon . His father, Fielden Hughes , was the principal of another Wimbledon school and also wrote a number of novels.
David Hughes married the Swedish actress Mai Zetterling in 1958 and worked with her on various films, all of which had a slightly frivolous undertone, and books.
Both divorced in 1976, only to remarry four years later.
His later books included a biographical note on his friend Gerald Durrell , entitled Himself and Other Animals , published in 1977 .
Hughes won the 1985 WH Smith Literary Award for the novel The Pork Butcher and in 1994 the German Youth Literature Award for his picture book Macker .
Works
- Novels
- A Feeling In The Air / US title Man Off Beat (1957)
- Sealed With a Loving Kiss "(1959)
- The Horsehair Sofa (1961)
- The Major (1964)
- The Man Who Invented Tomorrow (1968), via HG Wells
- Memories of Dying (1976)
- A Genoese Fancy (1979)
- The Imperial German Dinner Service (1983)
- The Pork Butcher (1984) - filmed as a souvenir (1989)
- But for Bunter / US title The Joke of the Century (1986)
- The Little Book (1996)
- Film scripts
(with Mai Zetterling ):
- The War Game (1983)
- Loving Couples (1964)
- Night Games (1966)
- Doctor Glass (1967)
- The Girls (1968)
- Other works
- A Study of JB Priestley (1958)
- The Road to Stockholm (1964) a travelogue
- The Seven Ages of England (1967)
- The Rosewater Revolution (1971), a socio-cultural analysis
- Himself and Other Animals (1997)
- The Lent Jewels (2002), a biography of AC Tait, a 19th century Archbishop of Canterbury
- The Hack's Tale (2004), an investigation into the origins of journalism
Web links
- David Hughes at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4443/Hughes-David-John.html
- Guardian Obituary , Giles Gordon: David Hughes. April 13, 2005.
- New York Times Obituary , Christopher Lehmann-Haupt: David Hughes Is Dead at 74; Novelist, Critic and Teacher. April 24, 2005.
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SURNAME | Hughes, David |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Alton , Hampshire |
DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 2005 |
Place of death | London |