Jonathan Heawood
Encyclopedia
Jonathan Heawood is director of the English Centre of International PEN
. He is a former deputy literary editor
of The Observer
and editor of the Fabian Review
. He writes on cultural and political issues for a number of publications, including the London Review of Books
and the New Statesman
. He is working on a book about the cultural history of the British landscape.
He is married to writer Amy Jenkins
and they have one child. He is the great grandson of Percy John Heawood
, the mathematician.
International PEN
PEN International , the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere....
. He is a former deputy literary editor
Literary editor
A literary editor is an editor in a newspaper, magazine or similar publication who deals with aspects concerning literature and books, especially reviews. A literary editor may also help with editing books themselves, by providing services such as proof reading, copy-editing, and literary...
of The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
and editor of the Fabian Review
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World...
. He writes on cultural and political issues for a number of publications, including the London Review of Books
London Review of Books
The London Review of Books is a fortnightly British magazine of literary and intellectual essays.-History:The LRB was founded in 1979, during the year-long lock-out at The Times, by publisher A...
and the New Statesman
New Statesman
New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
. He is working on a book about the cultural history of the British landscape.
He is married to writer Amy Jenkins
Amy Jenkins
Amy Jenkins is an English novelist and screenwriter. She is the daughter of the late political journalist Peter Jenkins and the stepdaughter of The Guardian columnist and author Polly Toynbee....
and they have one child. He is the great grandson of Percy John Heawood
Percy John Heawood
Percy John Heawood was a British mathematician educated at Queen Elizabeth's School, Ipswich, and Exeter College, Oxford....
, the mathematician.