Jenny disk i biography for kids
Jenny disk i biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders.
Jenny Diski facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Jenny Diski | |
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Diski (standing) with her rescuer and mentor Doris Lessing in 1963 | |
| Born | Jennifer Simmonds (1947-07-08)8 July 1947 London, England |
| Died | 28 April 2016(2016-04-28) (aged 68) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Autobiography, fiction, non-fiction, travel |
Jenny Diski FRSL (née Simmonds; 8 July 1947 – 28 April 2016) was an English writer.
She had a troubled childhood, but was taken in and mentored by the novelist Doris Lessing; she lived in Lessing's house for four years. Diski was educated at University College London, and worked as a teacher during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Diski was a regular contributor to the London Review of Books; the collections Don't and A View from the Bed include articles and essays written for the publication.
She won the 2003 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking around America With Interruptions.
Early life
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