Ruth Picardy
Ruth Nadine Picardie (born May 1, 1964 in Reading , † September 22, 1997 in London ) was a British journalist. Picardy became a bestselling author with her autobiographical book I Will Miss Life (Before I say Goodbye). In May 2000, the book reached number 12 on the non-fiction bestseller list of Der Spiegel magazine .
Life
Picardy attended Llanishen High School in Cardiff and then studied in Cambridge , where she studied anthropology at King's College , among other things . After completing his studies, Picardie worked for the English women's magazine Mirabella and the newspaper The Independent, among others . She married the journalist Matt Seaton and gave birth to twins in 1995. The following year Picardy was diagnosed with breast cancer . She reported on the course of her illness in columns in the Life magazine of The Observer newspaper . Picardie died less than a year after the diagnosis in September 1997. After Picardie's death, Matt Seaton and Picardie's sister Justine published a collection of the columns, a selection of letters to the editor and excerpts from Picardie's email correspondence under the title Before I say Goodbye , under which the column in the Observer had already appeared.
Justine Picardie published the book If the Spirit Moves you in 2001 . Life and Love After Death , which in German under the title Hear once more your voice. After my sister's death appeared.
Publications
- I will miss life . Rowohlt Verlag, Hamburg, 2007; ISBN 3-499-24422-5
- Before I Say Goodbye: With Contributions from Matt Seaton & Justine Picardie . Audiobook, Penguin Audiobooks, 1998, ISBN 0-14-086860-7
literature
- Helen Birch: Obituary in The Independent , September 23, 1997
Web links
- Literature by and about Ruth Picardie in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nikolaus von Festenberg, Marianne Wellershoff: The Real Time Real . In: Der Spiegel . No. 5 , 2001 ( online ).
- ^ Non-fiction books . In: Der Spiegel . No. 22 , 2000 ( online ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Picardy, Ruth |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Picardie, Ruth Nadine (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Reading |
DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1997 |
Place of death | London |