Jenny Diski
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Ian Patterson’s The Plenty of Nothing, begun in the days leading up to her death, shares honours with best collection win for Sinéad Morrissey’s On Balance
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In a year that has seen landmark biographies, literary reinventions and the loss of some leading lights, here are six female authors whose work lives on
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The writer’s husband recalls a brilliant, complicated woman who was happiest alone and writing – or watching a TV cop show
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Nutshell, his forthcoming novel, is told from inside a mother’s womb. It’s a strikingly unusual point of view – do any others outdo it for oddness?
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Angela Barton writes: At the same time as Jenny Diski was at St Christopher’s, Hertfordshire, I was at St Francis’ college, the convent just along the road
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The late Jenny Diski’s memoir reflects on mortality and her complicated relationship with Doris Lessing with equal candour
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In 2014 author Jenny Diski was diagnosed with terminal cancer and began her acclaimed farewell diary. She died on 28 April, aged 68
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In a riveting 15 minutes, Diski discusses her terminal cancer – and the universal fear of death – with warmth, wit and sensitivity
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The author taken in by Doris Lessing as a teenager, whose work challenges sensitivities, is now busting the cliches of the cancer diary
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Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them
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We look back at the faces of 2014 and predict the movers and shakers for the new year. This month’s gallery features portraits of the up-and-coming alongside more established figures such as David Tennant, Eddie Redmayne and Paul Thomas Anderson. This is a showcase of the best photography commissioned by the Observer in DecemberGallery
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Writer Jenny Diski was taken in by Doris Lessing as a teenager, but the relationship soon soured. Now she has finally decided to tell her side of the story, she tells Tim Adams
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In praise of ... In praise of … Jenny Diski
Andrew BrownAndrew Brown: The writer’s essay on her diagnosis of an inoperable cancer has the restraint and unexpectedness of the best 18th century prose -
'I am not fighting, losing, winning or bearing,' says author in bravura first instalment of cancer memoirs
Book of the day Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told? by Jenny Diski review – supremely sharp