Rosemary Dinnage (née Allen; 17 January 1928 – 10 July 2015) was a British author and critic. She was listed by The Observer as one of Britain's top 300 intellectuals in 2011.

Biography

Rosemary Dinnage was born in Oxford[1] and grew up in Rhodes House where her father, Sir Carleton Kemp Allen was Warden. After wartime evacuation to Canada, she studied English at Somerville College, Oxford.[2]

Besides books, she published regular reviews[3][4] in The New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books.

In 2011, she featured in John Naughton's list of Britain's top 300 intellectuals,[5] published in The Observer.

She died on 10 July 2015, aged 87.[6]

Bibliography

  • Annie Besant (Lives of Modern Women), 1986, Penguin
  • One to One: Experiences of Psychotherapy, 1988, Viking
  • The Ruffian on the Stair, 1990, Viking
  • Alone! Alone!: Lives of Some Outsider Women, 2004, Granta
  • The Long Vacation, 2012, Lulu

References

  1. ↑ London Review of Books, Diary - Rosemary Dinnage
  2. ↑ John Ryle (5 August 2015). "Rosemary Dinnage obituary". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ The New York Review of Books Contributors - Rosemary Dinnage, nybooks.com. Accessed 27 December 2022.
  4. ↑ London Review of Books Contributors - Rosemary Dinnage, lrb.co.uk. Accessed 27 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Britain's top 300 intellectuals, theguardian.com. Accessed 27 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Rosemary Dinnage obituary, the times.co.uk. Accessed 27 December 2022.
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