Jeremy Harding
Jeremy Harding (born 1952)[1] is a British writer and journalist, based in the south of France.
Life and work
[edit]Harding was born in London, where he was placed for adoption at 11 days old by his Irish mother.[2] He grew up in West London.[1] He tells the story of his adoption and the search for his biological mother in the book Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy.[3] He was later educated at Wellington College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English.[4]
He is a contributing editor at the London Review of Books.[5] He lives in France, an hour from Bordeaux, with his wife and three sons.[5]
Publications
[edit]Publications by Harding
[edit]- Small Wars, Small Mercies: Journeys in Africa's Disputed Nations. London: Penguin, 1993. ISBN 9780140134339.
- The Fate of Africa: Trial by Fire. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. ISBN 9780671723590.
- The Uninvited: Refugees at the Rich Man's Gate (2000)[6][7]
- Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy (2006)[8][9]
- Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World (2012)[10]
Publications with contributions by Harding
[edit]- Arthur Rimbaud: Selected Poems and Letters. Penguin Classics. London: Penguin, 2004. ISBN 978-0140448023. Translated by Harding and John Sturrock.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Adie, Kate (5 May 2006). "Review: Mother Country by Jeremy Harding". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (17 March 2006). "Father fissure". www.ft.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Wilkinson, Carl (4 March 2007). "Review: Mother Country by Jeremy Harding". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Cambridge tripos results: English and Economics", The Times, 9 July 1973, p. 16.
- ^ a b Kellaway, Kate (26 March 2006). "Interview: Jeremy Harding". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Ascherson, Neal (18 May 2000). "Any port in a storm for determined migrants". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Daniels, Anthony (1 July 2000). "Don't shoot the gatekeeper". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Mother Country, by Jeremy HardingA Forever Family, by John". The Independent. 2 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (8 April 2006). "Observer review: Mother Country by Jeremy Harding". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Beckett, Andy (16 November 2012). "Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World by Jeremy Harding – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
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