Penelope Gilliatt
Penelope Gilliatt (born March 25, 1932 in London ; † May 9, 1993 ibid) was an English novelist and short story writer , film critic and screenwriter .
Life
From 1968 to 1979 she worked as a film critic for The New Yorker and wrote short stories for it. Before that, she held the same position for The Observer in London.
In 1965 she published her first novel, One by On . In total, she wrote five novels and several short story collections throughout her life. Her reviews and some of her articles have been published in two edited volumes. Her last work, To Wit: Skin and Bones of Comedy , a collection of essays, was published in 1990.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for her screenplay for the 1971 film Sunday, Bloody Sunday . The National Society of Film Critics honored her with an award for Best Screenplay in 1972 and she also received the New York Film Critics Circle Award .
Except for Sunday, Bloody Sunday , she made only one other screenwriting appearance: in 1975 she was involved in an episode of the Center Play series in this capacity .
She received further awards from the Writers Guild of America and Writers' Guild of Great Britain in 1972 .
Gilliatt's first marriage was to Roger Gilliatt. From her second marriage to John Osborne between 1963 and 1968 she had a daughter. For several years she was in a relationship with the film critic Vincent Canby .
Web links
- Penelope Gilliatt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Penelope Gilliatt in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilliatt, Penelope |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British novel and short story writer, film critic and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1993 |
| Place of death | London , England |