Christine Brooke-Rose
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Christine Frances Evelyn Brooke-Rose (born 16 January 1923) is a British writer and literary critic, known principally for her later, experimental novels.
, Switzerland to an English father and American-Swiss mother. She was brought up mainly in Brussels
, and educated there, at Somerville College, Oxford
and University College, London. During World War II
she worked at Bletchley Park
as a WAAF
in intelligence, later completing her university degree. She then worked for a time in London as a literary journalist and scholar.
She has been married three times: to Rodney Bax, whom she met at Bletchley Park; to the poet Jerzy Pietrkiewicz
; and briefly to Claude Brooke. She shared the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
for fiction for Such (1966). On separating from Pietrkiewicz in 1968 she took a position at the University of Paris, Vincennes.
She is known also as a translator from the French, in particular of Robbe-Grillet. As of 2004 she lives in the south of France.
Biography
Christine Brooke-Rose was born in GenevaGeneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland to an English father and American-Swiss mother. She was brought up mainly in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, and educated there, at Somerville College, Oxford
Somerville College, Oxford
Somerville College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and was one of the first women's colleges to be founded there...
and University College, London. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
she worked at Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is an estate located in the town of Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire, England, which currently houses the National Museum of Computing...
as a WAAF
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force , whose members were invariably referred to as Waafs , was the female auxiliary of the Royal Air Force during World War II, established in 1939. At its peak strength, in 1943, WAAF numbers exceeded 180,000, with over 2,000 women enlisting per week.A Women's Royal Air...
in intelligence, later completing her university degree. She then worked for a time in London as a literary journalist and scholar.
She has been married three times: to Rodney Bax, whom she met at Bletchley Park; to the poet Jerzy Pietrkiewicz
Jerzy Pietrkiewicz
Jerzy Pietrkiewicz or Peterkiewicz was a Polish poet, novelist, translator, and literary critic who spent much of his life in British exile....
; and briefly to Claude Brooke. She shared the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Founded in 1919, the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book prizes awarded for literature written in the English language and are Britain's oldest literary awards...
for fiction for Such (1966). On separating from Pietrkiewicz in 1968 she took a position at the University of Paris, Vincennes.
She is known also as a translator from the French, in particular of Robbe-Grillet. As of 2004 she lives in the south of France.
Works
- Gold (1955) poem
- The Languages of Love (1957) novel
- The Sycamore Tree (1958) novel
- A Grammar of Metaphor (1958) criticism
- The Dear Deceit (1960) novel
- The Middlemen: A Satire (1961)
- Out (1964) novel
- Such (1966) novel
- Between (1968) novel
- Go When You See the Green Man Walking (1970) short stories
- A ZBC of Ezra PoundA ZBC of Ezra Pound (book)A ZBC of Ezra Pound is a book by Christine Brooke-Rose published by Faber and Faber in 1971. It is a study of the work of Ezra Pound, focusing in particular on The Cantos....
(1971) criticism - Thru (1975) novel
- A Structural Analysis of Pound's Usura Canto: Jakobson's Method Extended and Applied to Free Verse (1976) criticism
- A Rhetoric of the Unreal: Studies in Narrative and Structure, Especially of the Fantastic (1981) criticism
- Amalgamemnon (1984) novel
- Xorandor (1986) novel
- Verbivore (1990) novel
- Stories, Theories, and Things (1991) literary theory
- Textermination (1991) novel
- Next (1993) novel
- Remake (1996) autobiographical novel
- Subscript (1999) novel
- Poems, Letters, Drawings (2000)
- Invisible Author: Last Essays (2002)
- Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever (2002) with Ellen Weil
- Life, End of (2006) autobiographical novel
- Brooke-Rose Omnibus (2006)
Further reading
- Christine Brooke-Rose and Contemporary Fiction (1994) Sarah Birch
- Utterly other discourse : the texts of Christine Brooke-Rose (1995) Ellen J. Friedman and Richard Martin
External links
- Christine Brooke-Rose Collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at AustinThe University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...