Kate Kellaway

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Kate Kellaway
Born (1957-07-15) 15 July 1957 (age 68)
England
Occupation Journalist, literary critic
Genre Journalism, criticism

Kate Kellaway (born 15 July 1957)[ citation needed ] is an English journalist and literary critic who writes for The Observer .

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Early life

The daughter of the Australians Bill and Deborah Kellaway, [1] she is the older sister of the journalist Lucy Kellaway. Both siblings were educated at the Camden School for Girls, where their mother was a teacher, [2] and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read English. [3]

Professional life

Following a period teaching in Zimbabwe between 1982 and 1986, [4] she began her career in journalism at the Literary Review [5] and became deputy to then editor Auberon Waugh around 1987. [6]

Kellaway later joined The Observer, where her posts have included features writer, deputy literary editor, deputy theatre critic and children's books editor. [7] While The Observer's poetry editor, [8] Kellaway was one of the five judges for the Booker Prize in 1995. [9]

Kellaway is married and has four sons and two step-sons. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Hester (27 January 2006). "Obituary: Deborah Kellaway". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Williams, Sally (25 April 2010). "Lucy Kellaway interview for In Office Hours". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 19 December 2011.(subscription required)
  3. ↑ "Prominent alumni". Lady Margaret Hall. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Kellaway, Kate (16 April 2000). "Once upon a time in Africa". The Observer . Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Barber, Lynn (21 January 2001). "Waugh Stories..." The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Kellaway, Kate (8 September 2000). "Comment: It's good to be rude". The Observer. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Literary Festival (2011) - Julie Myerson talks to Kate Kellaway Then". Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ MacDonald, Marianne; McKie, John (29 September 1995). "Amis given short shrift as his novel fails to make the shortlist". The Independent . Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "1995". The Booker Prizes. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  10. ↑ Murray, Jenni (3 July 2003). That's My Boy!. London: Vermilion. p. 30. ISBN   978-0091889647.


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