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Philip Blake Morrison FRSL (born 8 October 1950) is an English poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography.
Nov 29, 2021 · Blake Morrison. Blake Morrison was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, and educated at Nottingham University, McMaster University and University College, London. After working for the Times Literary Supplement, he went on to become literary editor of both The Observer and the Independent on Sunday before becoming a full-time writer in 1995.
Jan 29, 2023 · Two Sisters. Blake Morrison has lost a sister and a half-sister in recent years. Both are the subjects of this remarkable and heart-breaking memoir, along with a forensic examination of sibling relationships in history and literature.
Feb 13, 2023 · When it comes to writing intimate family memoirs, Blake Morrison is, he admits in his latest, “a serial offender”. Morrison published his bestselling And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Feb 11, 2023 · Blake Morrison: I couldn’t understand my sister’s alcoholism – so I wrote about it 30 years ago, he shook up life-writing with a memoir of his father. Now, he’s turning the spotlight on ...
Blake Morrison is an author and academic whose work encompasses poetry, autobiography, fiction, non-fiction (including a study of the murder of James Bulger), libretti and journalism. The Yorkshire-born Morrison came to public prominence in 1993 with his memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Oct 1, 2023 · Blake Morrison was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, in 1950. He worked for the Times Literary Supplement between 1978 and 1981 and was literary editor for both The Observer (1981-89) and the Independent on Sunday (1989-95). His poetry includes the collections Dark Glasses (1984), winner of a Somerset Maugham Award, and The Ballad of the Yorkshire ...
