Justin Cartwright

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Justin Cartwright

Justin Cartwright (born May 20, 1943 in South Africa ; † December 3, 2018 ) was a British writer of South African origin.

life and career

Cartwright was born in South Africa in 1943; his father was the editor of the Johannesburg newspaper Rand Daily Mail . He grew up in the United States and studied at Trinity College , Oxford . He subsequently worked in advertising and as a director of films, documentaries and commercials. For the British Liberal Party , he shot as a spin doctor the television election advertising for the 1979, 1983 and 1987 elections. For this he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

He wrote his first novel, Deep Six, in 1972. His third novel, Look at It This Way , was filmed in 1992 as a three-part short series by the BBC with Kristin Scott Thomas in the lead role, and he himself wrote the screenplay. In 1995 he was nominated for the Booker Prize , the most important British literary prize, for In Every Face I Meet .

He lived in Islington , London with his wife and two sons.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Danuta Kean: Justin Cartwright obituary , theguardian.com, December 20, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Cartwright, Justin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer of South African descent
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH South Africa
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 2018