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Fay Weldon
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British writer (1931–2023)
OverviewAI-generated
Fay Weldon, born Franklin Birkinshaw in Birmingham in 1931, was a British writer, activist, screenwriter, and autobiographer. She was educated at the University of St Andrews and held positions at Bath Spa University and Brunel University London. A member of the Royal Society of Literature, she was also an Anglican.
Weldon received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was nominated for the Booker Prize. She was the mother of four children and passed away in Northampton in 2023. Her professional output included works in essay, opinion journalism, and women's rights activism. She wrote in English and maintained an official website.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 71
Top works
- Crossing the Border
- Ishah śaṭan
- Ḥuḳe ha-ḥayim
- Mazkeret netsaḥ
- ha-Pitui shel Bulgari
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Birmingham, England, UK
Known for
- In Confidence2010
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self2007
- The Garden Party1998
- Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife — Self - Interviewee1994
- Pebble Mill — Self1991
- Omnibus1967
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Franklin Birkinshaw , ( 1931-09-22 ) 22 September 1931, Birmingham , England
- Died
- 4 January 2023 (2023-01-04) (aged 91), Northampton , England
- Occupation
- Author essayist playwright
- Period
- 1963–2018
- Notable works
- Puffball (1980), The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1983), The Cloning of Joanna May (1989), Wicked Women (1995) , The Bulgari Connection (2000)
- Spouse
- Ronald Bateman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1959 ) Ron Weldon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; died 1994 ) Nick Fox ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 2020 )
- Parents
- Margaret Jepson (mother)
- Relatives
- Selwyn Jepson (uncle), Edgar Jepson (grandfather), Alan Birkinshaw (half-brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fay
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Place of death
- Northampton
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Employer
- Brunel University London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Field of work
- journalism
- Official website
- fayweldon.co.uk
- Image
- Fay-Weldon Copenhagen-2008 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Work location
- England
- Residence
- Northampton
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1931-09-22
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- Commons category
- Fay Weldon
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- date of death
- 2023-01-04
- name in native language
- Fay Weldon
- birth name
- Franklin Birkinshaw
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Fay Weldon (born Franklin Birkinshaw; 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023) was a British author, essayist and playwright.
Over the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including Puffball (1980), The Cloning of Joanna May (1989), Wicked Women (1995) and The Bulgari Connection (2000), but was most well-known as the writer of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1983) which was televised by the BBC in 1986.
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