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| Born | David John Taylor 1960 (age 64–65) United Kingdom |
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| Language | English |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Genre | Literary criticism, fiction, biography |
David John Taylor FRSL (born 1960) [1] is a British critic, novelist and biographer, who was born and raised in Norfolk. [2]
After attending school in Norwich, he read modern history at St John's College, Oxford, and has received the Whitbread Award for his biography of George Orwell. [3] His novel Derby Day was longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize. [4] He was previously a member of the Norwich Writers' Circle.
He has contributed to The Daily Telegraph , The Guardian , The Independent , New Statesman , The Spectator , Private Eye and Literary Review , among other publications.
Theodore Dalrymple, reviewing Taylor's Who Is Big Brother?: A Reader's Guide to George Orwell, concluded that "It deals most sensitively with Orwell's multiple ambiguities without trying to fit them into a Procrustean bed. It informs, enlightens, and entertains. It restores one's faith in the value of criticism." [5]
Taylor, who was born in Norwich, lives there with his wife, the fiction writer Rachel Hore, and their three children. [3]
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