J. R. Ackerley

J. R. Ackerley

Joseph Randolph Ackerley, (Londres, 4 de novimbre de 1896 - íb. 4 de junio de 1967), fue un escritor inglés, editor de la revista semanal de arte de la BBC The Listener entre 1935-1959. Fue abiertamente gay en una época en que serlo era poco común.

Participó en la Primera Guerra Mundial, en la que cayó prisionero y que le dejó marcado de por vida a causa de la muerte de su hermano Peter. Escritor de fama, viajero infatigable y cronista prolífico, transcurrió gran parte de su vida en Londres. Fue amigo de E. M. Forster, Wystan H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, Virginia Woolf y Leonard Woolf. Escribió textos teatrales, una novela y cuatro memorias.

En la revista The Listener J. R. Ackerley publicó obras de Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster, Herbert Read, Clive Bell y descubrió a jóvenes escritores tales como Wystan H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, Stephen Spender y Philip Larkin.

Obras

  • The Prisoners of War, 1925, teatro
  • Hindoo Holiday, 1932, revisada y ampliada en 1952, memorias
  • My Dog Tulip, 1956, memorias
  • We Think the World of You, 1960, novela
  • My father and Myself, traducido como Mi padre y yo, publicado postumamente en 1968, memorias
  • My Sister and Myself, publicada postumamente en 1982, memorias

Referencias

  • Para entendernos, Alberto Mira, 1999
  • Miller, Neil (1995). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New York, Vintage Books. ISBN 0-09-957691-0.
  • Murray, Stephen O. "Ackerley, Joseph Randolph", Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. Dynes, Wayne R. (ed.), Garland Publishing, 1990. p. 9
  • Parker, Peter, Ackerley: The Life of J. R. Ackerley. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1989.
  • Stern, Keith (2009), «Ackerley, J.R.», Queers in History, BenBella Books, Inc.; Dallas, Texas, ISBN 978-1933771-87-8 

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