James Lasdun (born 8 June 1958) is an English novelist and poet. Lasdun was born in London, the son of Susan (Bendit) and British architect Sir Denys...
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Sir Denys Louis Lasdun, CH, CBE, RA (8 September 1914, Kensington, London – 11 January 2001, Fulham, London) was an eminent English architect, the son...
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Lasdun is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Denys Lasdun (1914–2001), English architect James Lasdun (born 1958), English novelist and...
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and David Thewlis. The film is based on the short story "The Siege" by James Lasdun and was supposed to be a 60-minute teleplay until Bertolucci chose to...
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include Amit Chaudhuri, Trezza Azzopardi, Giles Foden, Tobias Jones, James Lasdun, Jean McNeil, Margaret Atwood and George Szirtes. Writers such as Angela...
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all odds, full of humor and full of jokes." Writing for The Guardian, James Lasdun provided a negative review, noting The Lazarus Project is one of several...
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American documentary by Nancy Buirski Afternoon of a Faun, a 2019 novel by James Lasdun This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Afternoon...
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collaborated with such well-known literary figures as Charles Tomlinson, James Lasdun, Joseph Stanton, Shuntarō Tanikawa and Mikirō Sasaki. Ōoka's poetry column...
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Laird 2013 John Lanchester 2002 Robin Lane Fox 1974 Lee Langley 1996 James Lasdun 2009 Bryony Lavery 2002 Patrice Lawrence 2023 Mark Lawson 2015 Zachary...
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(1994) After Ovid: New Metamorphoses edited by Michael Hofmann and James Lasdun is an anthology of contemporary poetry envisioning Ovid's Metamorphoses...
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whatever Boyd’s version of that might be." The New York Times' reviewer James Lasdun also wanted more danger: "the narrative rapidly generates a prodigious...
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Andre Brink Michael Frayn Damon Galgut Nadine Gordimer Alan Hollinghurst James Kelman Doris Lessing Deborah Levy Penelope Lively Jon McGregor Rohinton...
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collection of poems inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses. Michael Hofmann and James Lasdun, the two editors of After Ovid: New Metamorphoses, commissioned 42 poets...
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Matthew Delacorta. The screenplay is an adaptation by Nossiter and James Lasdun of Lasdun's own short story "Ate, Memos or the Miracle" (published in his collection...
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Clare Pollard, Sinéad Morrissey and Daljit Nagra 2017 — W. N. Herbert, James Lasdun and Helen Mort 2016 — Julia Copus, Ruth Padel and Alan Gillis 2015 –...
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much of anything for these heroes, who are all notions and no depth." James Lasdun of The Guardian found that there were "momentous political questions"...
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Richard Ford, Julia O'Faolain, James Lasdun, Alasdair Gray, Dan Rhodes, Eugene McCabe, Bernard MacLaverty, Desmond Hogan, James Plunkett, Lyudmila Ulitskaya...
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illustrator, 2017 Sarah Larson – staff writer, 2009–2011, 2013–2023 James Lasdun – writer, 1989–2017 Jeanne Marie Laskas – writer, 2016 Last Night (pseudonym)...
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thriller directed by Jonathan Nossiter and co-written with British poet James Lasdun (also co-writer of Sunday) was inspired by the Polish surrealist novel...
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Graham Joyce An Ordinary Soldier of the Queen The Paris Review 2010 James Lasdun Oh, Death The Paris Review, Spring 2009 Daniyal Mueenuddin A Spoiled...
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to make satisfying sense." Writing for The Guardian, British author James Lasdun criticized the novel for "some large flaws" such as its main character...
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In addition to Ooka, poets who have participated in renshi include James Lasdun, Charles Tomlinson, Hiromi Itō, Shuntarō Tanikawa, Jerome Rothenberg...
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review of Opposed Positions, by Anne Enright Scotsman review of Opposed Positions, by Stuart Kelly New York Times review of First Love, by James Lasdun...
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(character), a Marvel Comics character The Siege: Selected Stories, a book by James Lasdun, including the title story, basis for the Bertolucci film Siege, a 1924...
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Observer.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2018. Comment by his son James Lasdun Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine: "He was English but...
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doi:10.2307/2383410. JSTOR 2383410. Bridge - Volume 6 - Page 27 1978 James Lasdun (January 27, 2007). "Review: Tales of Moonlight and Rain by Ueda Akinari...
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Melville, Allen Mandelbaum, David R. Slavitt, David Michael Hoffman and James Lasdun, and Ted Hughes—in 1986, 1993, 1994, 1994, and 1997, respectively.: 623 ...
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1957), Justice of the Supreme Court Shane MacGowan (born 1957), musician James Lasdun (born 1957), poet and novelist Thomas Dolby (born 1958), musician Louisa...
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Sweden, f/p/d) Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases (1766–1842, France, nf) James Lasdun (born 1958, England, f/nf/p) Jack Lasenby (1931–2019, N Zealand, ch)...
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about faith and family) ineluctably shape an individual's identity." James Lasdun's review for The Guardian was more positive, adding: "If there is an abiding...
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