Elaine Feinstein

poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator (1930-2019)

Elaine Feinstein (born as Elaine Coolin; 24 October 1930 – 23 September 2019)[1] was an English poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator. She was born in Bootle, Lancashire.

She wrote 14 novels, many radio plays, television dramas and five biographies, including A Captive Lion: the Life of Marina Tsvetaeva (1987) and Pushkin (1998). Ted Hughes: The Life of a Poet (2001) was shortlisted for the biennial Marsh Biography Prize.[2]

Feinstein died on 23 September 2019 at the age of 88.[3]

Books change

  • Bessie Smith: Lives of Modern Women Series Penguin/Viking
  • A Captive Lion: The Life of Marina Tsvetayeva Hutchinson, 1987
  • Lawrence's Women HarperCollins, London, 1993; Lawrence and The Women New York, 1993
  • Pushkin Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Ecco, U.S, 1998
  • The Russian Jerusalem
  • Ted Hughes: The Life of a Poet Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001
  • Anna of all the Russias: A Life of Anna Akhmatova Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005; Knopf, 2006
  • It Goes With The Territory: Memoirs of a Poet Alma Books, 2013

References change

  1. "Elaine Feinstein". British Council Literature. British Council. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  2. Interview with Elaine Feinstein in The Times.
  3. "Elaine Feinstein Dies at the Age of 88". Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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