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- ↑ "Elaine Feinstein". British Council Literature. British Council. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ↑ Interview with Elaine Feinstein Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine in The Times.
- ↑ "Elaine Feinstein Dies at the Age of 88". Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Other websites
change- Podcast interview with Elaine Feinstein at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
- "Elaine Feinstein – Talking to the Dead", 7 May 2007. BBC Woman's Hour (audio 9 min)] "Elaine Feinstein", Tuesday 2 July 2002]
- "She Means It When She Rhymes: Marina Tsvetaeva: Selected Poems" Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine. Review from Thumbscrew. No 17 – Winter 2000/1
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