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'{{Infobox Writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]] --> | name = Clive James | image = | birthname = Vivian James | birthdate = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1939|10|7}} | birthplace = [[Kogarah]], Sydney, Australia | nationality = Australian | occupation = Essayist, poet, broadcaster | notableworks = ''[[Cultural Amnesia (book)|Cultural Amnesia]]'' ''Unreliable Memoirs'' | spouse = Prue Shaw | children = [[Claerwen James]]<br />Lucinda James | influences = [[George Orwell|Orwell]], [[Arthur Schnitzler|Schnitzler]], [[Stefan Zweig|Zweig]], [[Egon Friedell|Friedell]], [[F. Scott Fitzgerald|Fitzgerald]], [[Albert Camus|Camus]], [[Raymond Aron|Aron]], [[W. H. Auden|Auden]], [[Louis MacNeice|MacNeice]], [[Philip Larkin|Larkin]], [[Gore Vidal|Vidal]] | awards = [[Philip Hodgins|Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal for Literature]] | website = http://www.clivejames.com | religion = }} '''Clive James''', [[Order of Australia|AM]] (born 7 October 1939) is an Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet and memoirist, best known for his autobiographical series ''Unreliable Memoirs'', for his chat shows and documentaries on British television and for his prolific journalism. He has lived and worked in the United Kingdom since the early 1960s. ==Biography== Clive James was born '''Vivian James''' in [[Kogarah]], Sydney. He was allowed to change his name as a child because "after [[Vivien Leigh]] played [[Scarlett O'Hara]] the name became irrevocably a girl's name no matter how you spelled it".<ref>James, C., 'Unreliable Memoirs', Pan Books, 1981, p.29 .</ref> His father was taken prisoner by the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] during the Second World War, and although he survived the [[POW camp]], he died when the [[Fixed-wing aircraft|plane]] returning him to Australia crashed in [[Taiwan]], and he was buried in Hong Kong. James, who was an only child, was brought up by his mother in the Sydney suburb of Kogarah. An [[Stanford-Binet IQ test|IQ test]] taken in childhood put his [[IQ]] at 140.<ref>James, C., 'Unreliable Memoirs', Pan Books, 1981, p.59 .</ref> He was educated at [[Sydney Technical High School]] (despite winning a bursary to [[Sydney Boys High School]]) and the [[University of Sydney]], where he studied psychology and became associated with the [[Sydney Push]], a [[libertarian]], intellectual subculture. At the university he edited the student newspaper ''[[Honi Soit]]'' and directed the annual Union Revue. After graduating, James worked for a year as an assistant editor for ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''. In early 1962, James moved to England, where he made his home. During his first three years in London he shared a flat with the Australian film director [[Bruce Beresford]] (disguised as Dave Dalziel in the first three volumes of James' memoirs), was a neighbour of Australian artist [[Brett Whiteley]], became acquainted with [[Barry Humphries]] (disguised as Bruce Jennings), and had a variety of occasionally disastrous short term jobs (sheet metal worker, library assistant, photo archivist, market researcher). James later gained a place at [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] to read [[English literature]]. Whilst there he contributed to all the undergraduate periodicals, was a member and later President of the [[Cambridge Footlights]], and appeared on ''[[University Challenge]]'' as captain of the Pembroke team. During one summer vacation, he worked as a circus roustabout in order to save enough money to travel to Italy.<ref>James, C.,'May Week Was In June', Jonathan Cape, 1990, p.49 .</ref> His contemporaries at Cambridge included [[Germaine Greer]] (known as Romaine Rand in the first three volumes of his memoirs) and [[Eric Idle]]. Having, he claims, scrupulously avoided reading any of the course material (but having read widely otherwise in English and foreign literature), James graduated with a [[2:1]]—better than he had expected—and began a PhD on [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]. ==Career== ===Critic and essayist=== James worked as a television critic for ''[[The Observer]]'' between 1972 and 1982. Selections from the column were published in three books—''[[Visions Before Midnight]]'', ''[[The Crystal Bucket]]'' and ''[[Glued to the Box]]''—and finally in a compendium, ''On Television''. He has written literary criticism extensively for newspapers, magazines and periodicals in Britain, Australia and America, including, among many others, ''The Australian Book Review'', ''[[The Monthly]]'', ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'', the ''[[New York Review of Books]]'', ''[[The Liberal]]'' and the ''[[Times Literary Supplement]]''. [[John Gross]] included James's essay 'A Blizzard of Tiny Kisses' in the ''Oxford Book of Essays'' in 1992 and in 1999. ''The Metropolitan Critic'', his first collection of literary criticism, was published in 1974, followed by ''At the Pillars of Hercules'' (1979), ''From the Land of Shadows'' (1982), ''Snakecharmers in Texas'' (1988), ''The Dreaming Swimmer'' (1992), ''Even As We Speak'' (2004), ''The Meaning of Recognition'' (2005) and ''[[Cultural Amnesia (book)|Cultural Amnesia]]'' (2007), a collection of mini-intellectual biographies of over 100 significant figures in modern culture, history and politics. A defence of [[humanism]], [[liberal democracy]] and [[obscurantism|literary clarity]], the book was listed among the best of 2007 by ''[[The Village Voice]]''. Another volume of essays, ''The Revolt of the Pendulum'', was published in June 2009. He has also published ''Flying Visits'', a collection of [[travel writing]] for ''[[The Observer]]''. ===Poet and lyricist=== James has published poetry in periodicals all over the English-speaking world. He has published several books of poetry, including ''Poem of the Year'' (1983), a verse-diary, ''Other Passports: poems 1958–1985'', a first collection, and ''The Book of My Enemy'' (2003), a volume that takes its title from James' poem, ''The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered''. He has published four [[mock-heroic]] poems: ''The Fate of Felicity Fark in the Land of the Media: a moral poem'' (1975), ''Peregrine Prykke's Pilgrimage Through the London Literary World'' (1976), ''Britannia Bright's Bewilderment in the Wilderness of Westminster'' (1976) and ''Charles Charming's Challenges on the Pathway to the Throne'' (1981). During the seventies he also collaborated on six albums of songs with [[Pete Atkin]]: * ''Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger'' (1970), * ''Driving Through Mythical America'' (1971), * ''A King At Nightfall'' (1973), * ''The Road Of Silk'' (1974), * ''Secret Drinker'' (1974), and * ''Live Libel'' (1975). A revival of interest in the songs in the late 1990s, triggered largely by the creation by Steve Birkill of an Internet mailing list "Midnight Voices" in 1997, led to the reissue of the six albums on CD between 1997 and 2001, as well as live performances by the pair. A double-album of previously-unrecorded songs written in the seventies and entitled ''The Lakeside Sessions: Volumes 1 and 2'' was released in 2002 and "Winter Spring", an album of new material written by James and Atkin was released in 2003. James acknowledged the importance of the "Midnight Voices" group in bringing to wider attention the lyric-writing aspect of his career. He wrote in November 1997 that, "one of the midnight voices of my own fate should be [that] the music of Pete Atkin continues to rank high among the blessings of my life, and on my behalf as well as his I bless you all for your attention". ===Novelist and memoirist=== In 1979 James published his first book of autobiography, ''[[Unreliable Memoirs]]'', which recounted his early life in Australia and extended to over a hundred reprintings. It was followed by four other volumes of autobiography: ''Falling Towards England'' (1985), which covered his London years; ''May Week Was in June'' (1990), which dealt with his time at [[Cambridge]]; ''North Face of Soho'' (2006), and ''The Blaze of Obscurity'' (2009), concerning his subsequent career. An omnibus edition of the first three volumes was published under the generic title of ''Always Unreliable''. James has also written four novels: ''Brilliant Creatures'' (1983), ''The Remake'' (1987), ''Brrm! Brrm!'' (1991), published in the United States as ''The Man from Japan'', and ''The Silver Castle'' (1996). In 1999, [[John Gross]] included an excerpt from ''Unreliable Memoirs'' in ''The New Oxford Book of English Prose''. [[John Carey (critic)|John Carey]] chose ''Unreliable Memoirs'' as one of the fifty most enjoyable books of the twentieth century in his book ''Pure Pleasure'' (2000). ===Television=== James developed his television career as a guest commentator on various shows, including as an occasional co-presenter with [[Tony Wilson]] on the first series of ''[[So It Goes (television series)|So It Goes]]'', the [[Granada Television]] pop music show. On the show when the [[Sex Pistols]] made their TV debut, James commented: "During the recording, the task of keeping the little bastards under control was given to me. With the aid of a radio microphone, I was able to shout them down, but it was a near thing...they attacked everything around them and had difficulty in being polite even to each other."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acc.umu.se/~samhain/summerofhate/odds2.html|title=The Observer, November 1976|accessdate=2007-12-24|work= }}</ref>.. James subsequently hosted the [[ITV]] show ''[[…on Television|Clive James on Television]]'', in which he showcased unusual or (often unintentionally) amusing television programmes from around the world, notably the Japanese TV show ''[[Za Gaman|Endurance]]''. After his defection to the [[BBC]] in 1989, he hosted a similarly-formatted programme called ''Saturday Night Clive'' (1988–1990) which later became ''Sunday Night Clive''. In 1995 he set up Watchmaker Productions to produce ''The Clive James Show'' for ITV, and a subsequent series launched the British career of singer and comedienne [[Margarita Pracatan]]. James hosted one of the early chat shows on [[Channel 4]] and fronted the BBC's ''Review of the Year'' programmes in the late 1980s and 1990s, which formed part of the channel's New Year's Eve celebrations. In the mid-1980s, James featured in a travel programme called ''Clive James in...'' (beginning with ''Clive James in Las Vegas'') for [[LWT]] (now [[ITV]]) and later switched to [[BBC]], where he continued producing travel programmes, this time called ''Clive James' Postcard from...'' (beginning with ''Clive James' Postcard from Miami''). He was also one of the original team of presenters of the BBC's ''[[The Late Show (BBC TV series)|The Late Show]]'', hosting a round-table discussion on Friday nights. His major documentary series ''[[Fame in the 20th Century]]'' (1993) was broadcast in the United Kingdom by the [[BBC]], in Australia by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] and in the United States by the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] network. This series dealt with the concept of "fame" in the 20th century, following over a course of eight episodes (each one chronologically and roughly devoted to one decade of the century, from the 1900s to the 1980s) discussions about world famous people of the 20th century. Through the use of film footage, James presented a history of "fame" which explored its growth to today's global proportions. In his closing monologue he remarked, "Achievement without fame can be a rewarding life, while fame without achievement is no life at all." James presented the 1982, 1984 and 1986 official [[Formula One]] season review videos. He also presented ''The Clive James Formula 1 Show'' for [[ITV]] to coincide with their [[Formula One]] coverage in {{F1|1997}}. One of his most famous quotations concerning television is, "Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world". ===Radio=== In 2007, James started presenting the [[BBC Radio 4]] show ''[[A Point of View (radio)|A Point of View]]'', with transcripts appearing in the "Magazine" section of [[BBC News Online]]. In this show James discussed various issues with a slightly humorous slant, similar to a newspaper [[op-ed]]. Topics covered included media portrayal of torture,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6510593.stm |title=The clock's ticking on torture |accessdate=2007-12-24 |work=BBC News Magazine | date=2007-03-30 |first=Clive |last=James}}</ref> young black role models<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6485571.stm |title=Young, gifted and black|accessdate=2007-12-24 |work=BBC News Magazine | date=2007-03-23}}</ref> and corporate [[rebranding]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6368477.stm |title=The name-changing fidgets |accessdate=2007-12-24 |work=BBC News Magazine | date=2007-02-16 |first=Clive |last=James}}</ref> Three of James's broadcasts in 2007 were shortlisted for the 2008 [[Orwell Prize]].<ref>[http://www.theorwellprize.co.uk/the-award/short-books.aspx "Shortlist 2008"], The Orwell Prize</ref> In October 2009 James read a radio version of his book ''The Blaze of Obscurity'', on BBC Radio 4's [[Book of the Week]] programme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n7gf5 |title=Book of the Week – The Blaze of Obscurity |publisher=BBC |accessdate=19 October 2009 |date=19 October 2009 }}</ref> In December 2009 James talked about the [[P-51 Mustang]] and other American fighter aircraft of Word War II in ''The Museum of Curiosity'' on BBC Radio 4.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ksvt5 |title=Museum of Curiosity on Radio 4 web site |publisher=BBC |accessdate=25 December 2009 |date=25 December 2009 }}</ref> He has posted [[vlog]] conversations from his internet show ''Talking in the Library'', including conversations with [[Ian McEwan]], [[Cate Blanchett]], [[Julian Barnes]], [[Jonathan Miller]] and [[Terry Gilliam]]. In addition to the poetry and [[prose]] of James himself, the site features the works of other literary figures such as [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]] and [[Michael Frayn]], as well as the works of painters, sculptors and photographers such as [[John Olsen (artist)|John Olsen]] and [[Jeffrey Smart]]. ===Theatre=== In 2008 James performed in two self-titled shows at the [[Edinburgh Comedy Festival]]: ''Clive James in Conversation'' and ''Clive James in the Evening''. He took the latter show on a limited tour of the UK in 2009. ==Awards== In 1992, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] and in 2003 he was awarded the [[Philip Hodgins|Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal for Literature]]. He has received [[honorary doctorates]] from the Universities of Sydney and the [[University of East Anglia|East Anglia]]. In April 2008, James was awarded a Special Award for Writing and Broadcasting by the judges of the [[Orwell Prize]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/25/pressandpublishing?gusrc=rss&feed=media|title=Hari and James take Orwell prizes|author=Stephen Brook|publisher=The Guardian|date=2008-04-25|accessdate=2008-04-25 | location=London}}</ref> He was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Literature]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.rslit.org/content/fellows|title = Royal Society of Literature All Fellows|publisher= Royal Society of Literature|accessdate = 9 August 2010}}</ref> ==Personal life== James is married to Prue Shaw, an academic in modern languages specialising in Italian and medieval romance philology. The couple have two daughters, [[Claerwen James|Claerwen]] (a painter), and Lucinda (a civil servant). James divides his time between a converted warehouse flat in London and a house in Cambridge. He has a policy of not talking about his family publicly. A friend of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], upon her death James wrote a piece for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' entitled "I Wish I'd Never Met Her", recording his overwhelming grief.<ref>[http://www.peteatkin.com/diana.htm Clive James on Diana<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Since then he has declined to comment upon their friendship. While a detractor of communism and socialism for their tendency towards [[totalitarianism]], James still identifies himself with the left, endorsing some of the features sometimes observed under socialism, such as a planned economy and state-owned media, and eschewing the free market and privatisation associated with capitalism. In a 2006<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2101-2442961,00.html | work=The Times | location=London | title=Interview Clive James | first=Bryan | last=Appleyard | date=2006-11-12 | accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref> interview in ''The Sunday Times'', James states of himself: "I was brought up on the proletarian left, and I remain there. The fair go for the workers is fundamental, and I don't believe the free market has a mind". In a speech given in 1991, he criticised privatisation: "The idea that Britain's broadcasting system—for all its drawbacks one of the country's greatest institutions—was bound to be improved by being subjected to the conditions of a free market: there was no difficulty in recognising that notion as politically illiterate. But for some reason people did have difficulty in realising that it was economically illiterate too".<ref>[http://www.clivejames.com/lectures/eve-disaster "On the Eve of Disaster"]</ref> Overall, James identifies as a liberal [[social democrat]].<ref name=artstoday>[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/atoday/stories/s351989.htm Arts Today with Michael Cathcart 12/12/2001]</ref> He strongly supported the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], saying in 2007 that "the war only lasted a few days" and that the continuing conflict in Iraq was "the Iraq peace."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08032007/transcript2.html|accessdate=2009-05-07|title=Bill Moyers talks with Cultural Critic, Clive James.}}</ref> He has also written that it was "official policy to rape a woman in front of her family" during [[Saddam Hussein]]'s regime and that women have enjoyed more rights since the invasion.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8064449.stm|accessdate=2009-05-23|title=Still looking for the western feminists | work=BBC News | date=2009-05-22}}</ref> James is currently a Patron of the [[Burma Campaign UK]] an organisation that campaigns for human rights and democracy in Burma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/aboutus.html|title=The Burma Campaign UK: AboutUs|accessdate=2007-12-24|work= }}</ref> Describing religions as "advertising agencies for a product that doesn't exist," James is an [[atheist]] and sees this as the default, obvious position.<ref name="abc.net.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1404736.htm|accessdate=2008-09-16|title=Enough Rope with Andrew Denton – episode 84: Clive James (04/07/2005)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://richarddawkins.net/audio/3123-discussion-between-richard-dawkins-and-clive-james|accessdate=2010-08-27|title=Discussion between Richard Dawkins and Clive James at the Edinburgh Book Festival}}</ref> James is able to read, with varying fluency, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Japanese.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/clive_james/article1771920.ece | work=The Times | location=London | title=Culture vulture | date=2007-05-12 | accessdate=2010-04-30 | first=Deborah | last=Haynes}}</ref> A [[tango (dance)|tango]] enthusiast, he has traveled to [[Buenos Aires]] for dance lessons and has a dance floor in his house which allows him to practise.<ref name="abc.net.au"/> A former heavy drinker and smoker, who recorded in ''North Face of Soho'' his habit of filling a [[hubcap]] ashtray daily, James now drinks only socially and stopped smoking in 2005.<ref>[http://www.clivejames.com/node/578 Smoking the Memory | clivejames.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He admitted smoking 80 cigarettes a day for a number of years.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6929670.stm | work=BBC News | title=Smoking, my lost love | date=2007-08-03}}</ref> In April 2011, after media speculation that he had suffered kidney failure,<ref>[http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/clive-james-battles-leukemia-20110430-1e1p0.html "Clive James battles leukemia"]</ref> James confirmed that he was suffering from [[B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia]], and had been under treatment for 15 months at [[Addenbrooke's Hospital]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1382299/Im-battling-leukaemia-reveals-broadcaster-Clive-James.html|title=I'm battling leukaemia, reveals broadcaster Clive James|publisher=Daily Mail|date= 30 April 2011|accessdate= 30 April 2011|location=London}}</ref> ==References in popular culture== [[Monty Python]] parodied James' writing in a passage of ''[[The Brand New Monty Python Bok]]''. [[Craig Brown (satirist)|Craig Brown]] has parodied James' writing numerous times. ==Bibliography== * Autobiography ** ''Unreliable Memoirs'' (1980) ** ''Falling Towards England'' (1985) ** ''May Week Was in June'' (1990) ** ''North Face of Soho'' (2006) ** ''The Blaze of Obscurity'' (2009) * Fiction ** ''Brilliant Creatures'' (1983) ** ''The Remake'' (1987) ** ''Brrm! Brrm!'' (1991), released in the United States as ''The Man From Japan'' (1993) ** ''The Silver Castle'' (1996) * Poetry ** ''The Fate of Felicity Fark in the Land of the Media: a moral poem'' (1975) ** ''Peregrine Prykke's Pilgrimage Through the London Literary World'' (1976) ** ''Britannia Bright's Bewilderment in the Wilderness of Westminster'' (1976) ** ''Fan-mail: seven verse letters'' (1977) ** ''Charles Charming's Challenges on the Pathway to the Throne'' (1981) ** ''Poem of the Year'' (1983) ** ''Other Passports: poems 1958–1985'' (1986) ** ''The Book of My Enemy'' (2003) (Poetry and lyrics) ** ''Opal Sunset: Selected Poems 1958–2009'' (2009) * Non-Fiction ** ''The Metropolitan Critic'' (1974) ** ''[[Visions Before Midnight: television criticism from the Observer 1972-76]]'' (1977) ** ''At the Pillars of Hercules'' (1979) ** ''[[The Crystal Bucket: television criticism from the Observer 1976-79]]'' (1981) ** ''From the Land of Shadows'' (1982) ** ''[[Glued to the Box|Glued to the Box: television criticism from the Observer 1979–82]]'' (1983) ** ''Clive James On Television'' (one-volume edition of the television criticism books) (1991) ** ''Flying Visits: Postcards from the Observer, 1976–83'' (1984) ** ''Snakecharmers in Texas: essays 1980–87'' (1988) ** ''The Dreaming Swimmer: non-fiction, 1987–1992'' (1992) ** ''[[Fame in the 20th Century]]'' (1993) ** ''Even as We Speak'' (2004) ** ''The Meaning of Recognition: New Essays 2001–2005'' (2005) ** ''[[Cultural Amnesia (book)|Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts]]'' (2007) ** ''The Revolt of the Pendulum: Essays 2005–2009'' (2009) ==See also== {{portal|Poetry}} * [[Peter Porter (poet)]], friend, and a regular partner in discussions on radio * [[Edward Pygge]], a pseudonym used by James ==Notes== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== {{wikiquote}} * [http://www.clivejames.com/ CliveJames.com] * [http://specials.slate.com/clive-james/ The Clive James Show] Clive James recorded these video interviews with artists, writers, filmakers and actors in his London home. * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416380/ Clive James] at the [[Internet Movie Database]] * [http://daily.nysun.com/Repository/getmailfiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=NYS/2006/01/18&ID=Ar01300 Interfacing With Clive James] by Brendan Bernhard, [[New York Sun]], 18 January 2006 * [http://www.edcomfest.com/shows/clive_james_in_conversation Clive James at Edinburgh Comedy Festival] * [http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/comedyfestival/Clive-James/article-678197-detail/article.html Interview, Leicester Mercury] * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2009/06/090622_forum_210609.shtml Audio: Clive James in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion programme] [[The Forum (BBC World Service)|''The Forum'']] * [http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2010/02/hitler-youth-forage-caps-wore Clive James] Interviewed by Alyssa McDonald on New Statesman. * [http://www.norepublic.com.au/index.php?Itemid=4&id=1000&option=com_content&task=view Freedom Wears a Crown: Clive James], [[Australians for Constitutional Monarchy]], 28 August 2007 * [http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/james-saves-the-queen/2007/08/25/1187462538113.html James Saves the Queen] [[The Age]], 25 August 2007 {{s-start}} {{s-culture}} {{succession box|title=[[Footlights President]]|before=[[Andrew Mayer]]|after=[[Jonathan James-Moore]]|years=1966–1967}} {{s-end}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =James, Clive | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1939-10-07 | PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Kogarah]], Sydney, [[New South Wales]], Australia | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Clive}} [[Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge]] [[Category:Australian memoirists]] [[Category:Australian travel writers]] [[Category:Australian literary critics]] [[Category:Australian monarchists]] [[Category:University of Sydney alumni]] [[Category:People from Sydney]] [[Category:Edinburgh Comedy Festival]] [[Category:Members of the Order of Australia]] [[Category:Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Australian poets]] [[Category:Australian atheists]] [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People educated at Sydney Technical High School]] [[Category:University Challenge contestants]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature]] [[fr:Clive James]]'