Artemis Cooper
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The Hon. Alice Clare Antonia Opportune Cooper Beevor (born 22 April 1953) is a British
writer known as Artemis Cooper.
Known as Artemis, a nickname which honours her paternal grandmother, she is the only daughter of the 2nd Viscount Norwich and his first wife, the former Anne Clifford, and a granddaughter of the British society figure Lady Diana Cooper
. She has a brother, the Hon. Jason Charles Duff Bede Cooper, and a half-sister, Allegra Huston
, the only child of Lord Norwich and Enrica Soma Huston, the estranged wife of American film director John Huston
.
In 1986, she married fellow writer and historian Antony Beevor
and they have two children.
Her books include Writing at the Kitchen Table: The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David, Paris After the Liberation, 1944-1949 (written with her husband, Antony Beevor), Mr. Wu and Mrs. Stitch: The Letters of Evelyn Waugh and Diana Cooper (which she edited) and A Durable Fire: The Letters of Duff and Diana Cooper,1913-1950 (which she also edited), Watching in the Dark: A Child's Fight for Life (a memoir of her daughter's childhood illness), and Cairo in the War, 1939-1945.
In 2004 she was known to be writing the biography of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor
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writer known as Artemis Cooper.
Known as Artemis, a nickname which honours her paternal grandmother, she is the only daughter of the 2nd Viscount Norwich and his first wife, the former Anne Clifford, and a granddaughter of the British society figure Lady Diana Cooper
Lady Diana Cooper
Lady Diana Cooper, Viscountess Norwich was an English socialite and actress.-Birth and youth:Born Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners, she was officially the youngest daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland and his wife, the former Violet Lindsay, but Lady Diana's real father was widely supposed...
. She has a brother, the Hon. Jason Charles Duff Bede Cooper, and a half-sister, Allegra Huston
Allegra Huston
-Biography:Huston was born in London, England. Her mother was the American ballerina Enrica "Ricki" Soma and her biological father is John Julius Norwich ....
, the only child of Lord Norwich and Enrica Soma Huston, the estranged wife of American film director John Huston
John Huston
John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The Asphalt Jungle , The African Queen , Moulin Rouge...
.
In 1986, she married fellow writer and historian Antony Beevor
Antony Beevor
Antony James Beevor, FRSL is a British historian, educated at Winchester College and Sandhurst. He studied under the famous military historian John Keegan. Beevor is a former officer with the 11th Hussars who served in England and Germany for five years before resigning his commission...
and they have two children.
Her books include Writing at the Kitchen Table: The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David, Paris After the Liberation, 1944-1949 (written with her husband, Antony Beevor), Mr. Wu and Mrs. Stitch: The Letters of Evelyn Waugh and Diana Cooper (which she edited) and A Durable Fire: The Letters of Duff and Diana Cooper,1913-1950 (which she also edited), Watching in the Dark: A Child's Fight for Life (a memoir of her daughter's childhood illness), and Cairo in the War, 1939-1945.
In 2004 she was known to be writing the biography of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Sir Patrick "Paddy" Michael Leigh Fermor, DSO, OBE was a British author, scholar and soldier, who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Cretan resistance during World War II. He was widely regarded as "Britain's greatest living travel writer", with books including his classic A Time of...