I’m reissuing this post from July 2013 in honour and memory of its subject, Clive James, who has passed away at the age of 80. A man whose knowledge and use of the English language was, in my view, unsurpassed in modern days. RIP Clive, and thank you for all the writing you have left for us to enjoy.
Daily Prompt: Your Life, the Book
Today’s prompt reads: ‘From a famous writer or celebrity, to a WordPress.com blogger or someone close to you — who would you like to be your biographer?’
Having thought about this for a nanosecond or two I realised that it wasn’t going to be easy to select my biographer. There is just so much choice. I don’t think it would be fair to impose that task on any fellow bloggers, although many of you write beautifully. I’m open to offers though!
So I turned my thoughts to the literary world and, as befits a graduate of English Literature – albeit one or two years ago now – I started by considering the greats: Homer, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens, Archer and a few others, but there was a major problem with this. They don’t have biographies on their CVs. Oh, and they are all dead. Well…
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Nice post – enjoyed the bumping into Clive memory
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Thank you. We were both out of our skulls! I recognised him but I don’t think he knew me, so I got away with it 😉
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