Brendan King
I am a freelance translator, editor and reviewer, with a special interest in late nineteenth century French literature.... | Kettering, England, United Kingdom
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Brendan King’s Expertise I am a freelance translator, editor and reviewer, with a special interest in late nineteenth century French literature. I completed my PhD on Huysmans’ life and work at Birkbeck College, London, in 2004. I have published a number of translations of works by Huysmans for Dedalus Books: Là-bas (2001), Parisian Sketches (2004), Marthe (2006), Against Nature (2008), Stranded (2010), and The Vatard Sisters (2012). In 2006 I revised and annotated the second edition of Robert Baldick’s seminal biography The Life of J.-K. Huysmans (Dedalus Books). Between 1987 and 2010 I worked for the novelist Beryl Bainbridge, and helped her prepare a number of the novels she wrote during this period for publication, including The Birthday Boys (1991), Every Man for Himself (1996), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001). I also prepared the edition of the novel she was working on at the time of her death, The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress, from my copy of the working manuscript. Published by Little Brown in the UK in May 2011 and by Europa in the US in September of the same year, the Guardian described The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress as “a characteristically dark and mischievous slice of Beryl at her best,” and concluded that it was “a fitting finale and a poignant farewell” to her career as a writer. In an interview with Mark Bostridge, published in 2004 in his book Lives for Sale under the title ‘Waiting for the Biographer’, Beryl Bainbridge speculated on the possibility of a biography being written about her: “Somebody did ask fairly recently if they could write my biography, and I was pretty astounded, and wondered why anyone should want to do it, and what the point of it would be. My reaction is, ‘I'm the only person who knows what it was like, so how can anyone else write it?’ So I said no. My excuse was that I have a secretary, Brendan King, and as far as the writing life goes, he knows me better than anybody, because he's been coming here for the last 15 or 16 years. I'm not sure that he's keen on the idea, but if Brendan wanted to do it, I'd have difficulty saying no...” With this in mind, I began working on a full-length biography of Beryl Bainbridge shortly after her death. The result, Beryl Bainbdrige: Love by All Sorts of Means, was published in September 2016 by Bloomsbury Continuum. I am currently collecting material for a projected volume of Beryl's correspondence. Anyone who wishes to pass on their recollections of Beryl or share any letters or documents they have relating to her life, can contact me via my website, huysmans.org.
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I am a freelance translator, editor and reviewer, with a special interest in late nineteenth century French literature. I completed my PhD on Huysmans’ life and work at Birkbeck College, London, in 2004. I have published a number of translations of works by Huysmans for Dedalus Books: Là-bas (2001), Parisian Sketches (2004), Marthe (2006), Against Nature (2008), Stranded (2010), and The Vatard Sisters (2012). In 2006 I revised and annotated the second edition of Robert Baldick’s seminal biography The Life of J.-K. Huysmans (Dedalus Books). Between 1987 and 2010 I worked for the novelist Beryl Bainbridge, and helped her prepare a number of the novels she wrote during this period for publication, including The Birthday Boys (1991), Every Man for Himself (1996), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001). I also prepared the edition of the novel she was working on at the time of her death, The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress, from my copy of the working manuscript. Published by Little Brown in the UK in May 2011 and by Europa in the US in September of the same year, the Guardian described The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress as “a characteristically dark and mischievous slice of Beryl at her best,” and concluded that it was “a fitting finale and a poignant farewell” to her career as a writer. In an interview with Mark Bostridge, published in 2004 in his book Lives for Sale under the title ‘Waiting for the Biographer’, Beryl Bainbridge speculated on the possibility of a biography being written about her: “Somebody did ask fairly recently if they could write my biography, and I was pretty astounded, and wondered why anyone should want to do it, and what the point of it would be. My reaction is, ‘I'm the only person who knows what it was like, so how can anyone else write it?’ So I said no. My excuse was that I have a secretary, Brendan King, and as far as the writing life goes, he knows me better than anybody, because he's been coming here for the last 15 or 16 years. I'm not sure that he's keen on the idea, but if Brendan wanted to do it, I'd have difficulty saying no...” With this in mind, I began working on a full-length biography of Beryl Bainbridge shortly after her death. The result, Beryl Bainbdrige: Love by All Sorts of Means, was published in September 2016 by Bloomsbury Continuum. I am currently collecting material for a projected volume of Beryl's correspondence. Anyone who wishes to pass on their recollections of Beryl or share any letters or documents they have relating to her life, can contact me via my website, huysmans.org. Self Employed -
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I am a freelance translator, editor and reviewer, with a special interest in late nineteenth century French literature. I completed my PhD on Huysmans’ life and work at Birkbeck College, London, in 2004. I have published a number of translations of works by Huysmans for Dedalus Books: Là-bas (2001), Parisian Sketches (2004), Marthe (2006), Against Nature (2008), Stranded (2010), and The Vatard Sisters (2012). In 2006 I revised and annotated the second edition of Robert Baldick’s seminal biography The Life of J.-K. Huysmans (Dedalus Books). Between 1987 and 2010 I worked for the novelist Beryl Bainbridge, and helped her prepare a number of the novels she wrote during this period for publication, including The Birthday Boys (1991), Every Man for Himself (1996), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001). I also prepared the edition of the novel she was working on at the time of her death, The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress, from my copy of the working manuscript. Published by Little Brown in the UK in May 2011 and by Europa in the US in September of the same year, the Guardian described The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress as “a characteristically dark and mischievous slice of Beryl at her best,” and concluded that it was “a fitting finale and a poignant farewell” to her career as a writer. In an interview with Mark Bostridge, published in 2004 in his book Lives for Sale under the title ‘Waiting for the Biographer’, Beryl Bainbridge speculated on the possibility of a biography being written about her: “Somebody did ask fairly recently if they could write my biography, and I was pretty astounded, and wondered why anyone should want to do it, and what the point of it would be. My reaction is, ‘I'm the only person who knows what it was like, so how can anyone else write it?’ So I said no. My excuse was that I have a secretary, Brendan King, and as far as the writing life goes, he knows me better than anybody, because he's been coming here for the last 15 or 16 years. I'm not sure that he's keen on the idea, but if Brendan wanted to do it, I'd have difficulty saying no...” With this in mind, I began working on a full-length biography of Beryl Bainbridge shortly after her death. The result, Beryl Bainbdrige: Love by All Sorts of Means, was published in September 2016 by Bloomsbury Continuum. I am currently collecting material for a projected volume of Beryl's correspondence. Anyone who wishes to pass on their recollections of Beryl or share any letters or documents they have relating to her life, can contact me via my website, huysmans.org. -
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