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Sue Townsend

Sue Townsend was a British writer, playwright and journalist (1946–2014). She was born at Leicester.

Also recorded as Susan Lillian Townsend; Johnstone; Susan Lillian; Sue; Townsend.

Overview

Born at Leicester in 1946, died at Leicester in 2014.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 8: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole, Adrian Mole: From Minor to Major, Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years, Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction, Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years and Rebuilding Coventry.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Townsend, Susan Lilian, (Sue), (2 April 1946–10 April 2014), writer, Who Was Who, 2007. Townsend [née Johnstone], Susan Lilian (Sue) (1946–2014), novelist and playwright, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Townsend, Sue, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Translating the mindset of a society – reacting to the provocative ideas conveyed in The Queen and I by Sue Townsend, Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, sectio FF, Philologia, 2016.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is literature.

Membership is recorded of Royal Society of Literature.

Works named in the authority record are The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole, Adrian Mole: From Minor to Major, Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years, Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years and Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Distinctions recorded are James Joyce Awards and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Chronology

  1. 1946Sue Townsend born at Leicester.
  2. 2014Sue Townsend died at Leicester.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Sue Townsend”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q261465: Sue Townsend

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