NJ Crisp
Norman James Crisp , as an author briefly NJ Crisp (born December 11, 1923 in Southampton ; † June 14, 2005 ibid), was a British author who wrote primarily for television.
Crisp served in the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1947 , then was manager of a taxi company, trained at Marks & Spencer , typewriter salesman, but always tried to assert himself as a writer. Magazines such as Reveille , John Bull, and the Saturday Evening Post printed his short stories, and his breakthrough came in 1957 when the BBC brought Crisp's television play People of the Night through a radio taxi company.
From 1959 Crisp worked as a freelance writer for television. His specialties were television games and later series with the background of business and work.
Crisp also wrote novels such as The Brink (1982), Yesterday's Gone (1983), In the Long Run (1988) and The Ninth Circle (1988). In the play Fighting Chance (Apollo Theater, 1985) he processed his own neurological disease. In later years he went blind.
Crisp was a founding member of the Writers' Guild in 1959 and chaired it from 1968 to 1971. As such, he enforced pension contributions for television authors, including in the private television sector.
Web links
- NJ Crisp in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary for NJ CRISP The Independent , Aug 18, 2005, by Anthony Hayward
- NJ Crisp The Stage , July 19, 2005 by Patrick Newley
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crisp, NJ |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crisp, Norman James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Southampton |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 2005 |
| Place of death | Southampton |