About: Jenny Diski

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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.

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  • 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. (en)
  • Jenny Diski, née Simmonds le 8 juillet 1947 à Londres et morte le 28 avril 2016, est une essayiste, romancière et scénariste britannique. (fr)
  • Jenny Diski, född 8 juli 1947 i London, död 28 april 2016, var en brittisk författare. (sv)
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  • Jennifer Simmonds (en)
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  • Diski with her rescuer and mentor Doris Lessing in 1963 (en)
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  • Jenny Diski, née Simmonds le 8 juillet 1947 à Londres et morte le 28 avril 2016, est une essayiste, romancière et scénariste britannique. (fr)
  • Jenny Diski, född 8 juli 1947 i London, död 28 april 2016, var en brittisk författare. (sv)
  • 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. (en)
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