Tom Sharpe

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Thomas "Tom" Ridley Sharpe (born March 30, 1928 in London , † June 6, 2013 in Llafranc , Spain ) was a British writer .

Life

Sharpe studied at Lancing College and Pembroke College in Cambridge . From 1951 he worked as an accountant, social worker and photographer in the province of Natal , South Africa , until he was expelled from there in 1961 for his work against apartheid . He then taught at a trade school in Cambridge until the great success of his books enabled him to settle down as a freelance writer. At first he lived with his family in the English county of Dorset . In 1995 he settled in Llafranc, Catalonia.

Sharpe was one of England's most successful contemporary authors. His novels are social satires marked by extreme, often pitch-black humor.

The 1977 published novel The Great Pursuit (of racing) is about a controversial erotic novel and its anonymous author, a highly respected literary critic - a coincidence to the story of O .

Klex in the landscape (Blott on the Landscape) was established in 1985 by the BBC as a six-part television series filmed. The screenplay was written by Malcolm Bradbury , directed by Roger Bamford and starred by Geraldine James , George Cole and David Suchet . Swan Feast in Porterhouse (Porterhouse Blue) became the template for a four-part television series from 1987, which Channel 4 produced.

The movie Puppenmord, based on Sharpe's first novel of the same name from the Wilt series, is particularly popular .

Funeral controversy

A church court sentenced Monserat Verdaguer, Sharpe's partner for the past 10 years, for burying Sharpe's remains in a cemetery. Verdaguer dug a hole in the graveyard of St Aidan's Church in Thockrington in June 2014 and put a bottle of whiskey, a Cuban cigar, and Sharpe's favorite pencil in it along with a bag of his ashes. She had previously discovered documents in which Sharpe expressed a wish to be buried in this cemetery, where his father, the priest in this church was and was buried there. According to Verdaguer, most of Sharpe's ashes had gone to his widow and she had received a small part. The Diocese of Newcastle has had the illegal burial exhumed. Sharpe's widow was "surprised and worried" by the events.

Works

Piemburg series

  • 1971: Tohuwabohu (Riotous Assembly)
  • 1973: Moor wash (Indecent Exposure)

Porterhaus Blue range

  • 1974: Swan feast in Porterhouse (Porterhouse Blue)
  • 1995: Bloody Mary (Grantchester Grind)

Henry Wilt series

  • 1976: Doll murder or until death do him part (Wilt)
  • 1979: Trabbel for Henry (The Wilt Alternative)
  • 1984: Henry Wilt on High
  • 2004: The simpleton (Wilt in Nowhere)
  • 2010: Henry runs away (The Wilt Inheritance)

other

  • 1975: Blott on the Landscape
  • 1977: The Great Pursuit
  • 1978: Family Ties (The Throwback)
  • 1980: Feine Familie (Ancestral Vices)
  • 1982: It's all nonsense (Vintage Stuff)
  • 1996: A Fat Dog (The Midden)
  • 2009: Lauter Irre (The Gropes)

Filmography

  • 1985: Blott on the landscape , TV series
  • 1987: Swan Feast in Porterhouse (Porterhouse blue) , TV series
  • 1989: Doll Murder (Wilt)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BBC News - Tom Sharpe, Porterhouse Blue novelist, dies aged 85 . Bbc.co.uk. June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ Why Tom Sharpe left Cambridge for Catalonia ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (expatica.com, October 13, 2004, accessed June 6, 2013) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.expatica.com
  3. ^ Aisha Gani, Tom Sharpe's partner fined for unofficial burial of his ashes in: The Guardian , January 29, 2016, accessed January 30, 2016
  4. ↑ Mike Kelly, Ashes of writer Tom Sharpe buried at ceremony in remote Northumberland church yard , in: The Journal, June 3, 2014, amended January 29, 2016, accessed January 30, 2016
  5. ↑ Mike Kelly, A twist in author Tom Sharpe's Northumberland burial plot in: The Journal, June 5, 2014, amended January 29, 2016, accessed January 30, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Sharpe, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sharpe, Thomas Ridley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 6th June 2013
Place of death Llafranc