Ruth Fainlight
Author of Burning Wire
About the Author
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Works by Ruth Fainlight
Harry Fainlight, Selected Poems 2 copies
18 poems from 1966 1 copy
Associated Works
Here I Am: Contemporary Jewish Stories from Around the World (1998) — Contributor — 52 copies, 1 review
Holding your eight hands; an anthology of science fiction verse (1970) — Contributor — 23 copies, 1 review
Works in Progress Number 4: Selections from the Best in Books to be Published in Coming Months (1971) — Contributor — 7 copies
In'hui, No.9 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1931-05-02
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
France
Spain - Education
- Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts
Brighton College of Arts and Crafts - Occupations
- short story writer
poet
translator
Librettist
playwright - Relationships
- Sillitoe, Alan (husband)
Plath, Sylvia (friend) - Awards and honors
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow, 2008)
- Short biography
- Ruth Fainlight was born in New York City to a British father and an American mother with Russian-Jewish ancestry. After World War II, she settled in England, where she studied at colleges of art in Birmingham and Brighton. In 1959, she married writer Alan Sillitoe, with whom she had two children. She became a poet and writer, publishing short stories, plays and libretti, and translations from Italian and Spanish for more than 50 years, beginning with her first collection, Cages (1966). She has also written criticism for BBC Radio, The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, and numerous other publications. Sylvia Plath was a close friend.
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- Works
- 20
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- Members
- 74
- Popularity
- #238,154
- Rating
- 3.6
- ISBNs
- 26
- Languages
- 1