Iain Hamilton (journalist)

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Iain Bertram Hamilton (3 February 1920 – 15 July 1986) was a Scottish journalist, author and poet. [1]

Hamilton was educated at Paisley Grammar School, and initially worked as a reporter on the Daily Record in Glasgow before heading south to London to work as on the staff of The Guardian . [1] From 1952, he was associated with the weekly journal The Spectator , and after several promotions through the ranks he was appointed Editor in 1962, staying in that position for a year. He was Editorial Director of the Hutchinson group of publishing companies from 1958 to 1962, and after leaving The Spectator became managing director of Kern House Enterprises (1970–5). [1] In addition, he wrote a good many articles for the Illustrated London News and the high-brow current affairs magazine Encounter .

The best known of Hamilton's literary works is his biography of Arthur Koestler, published by Secker & Warburg, London, in 1982 (a year before Koestler's death). His other books were:

He also wrote a play early in his career, The Snarling Beggar (1951).

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "HAMILTON, Iain Bertram" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)