Gary,
Romaine
Romain Gary was born in Moscow in 1914. He
moved to France at the age of fourteen and would
later a pilot for the French Air Force. During
World War II he fled to England and served under
Charles de Gaulle in the Free French Forces.
He was one of the most prolific and popular
writers in France and is the only writer to
be awarded the Prix Goncourt twice (Emile Ajar
was given the award before it was revealed to
be a pseudonym of Gary’s). He died on December
2, 1980 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- Goliarde
(Lives). TRoL 14/15, Fall/Winter 2004.
Gold,
Herbert
Herbert Gold’s writing, or at least his
name, book titles, and miscellaneous data,
can be viewed in Googleland. For those
who are interested in actual reading,
bound copies may be found in libraries,
used book stores, and at fine garage sales.
Some malls contain a bookstore, located
between the Victoria’s Secret and the
TGIFriday’s. Go ahead, be brave, break
the cobwebs on its front door and enter.
Graham,
R.B. Cunninghame
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852–1936)
was known as ‘Don Roberto’ and ‘the
Modern Don Quixote’ because of his Spanish
blood and impetuous lifestyle, and as
‘the Uncrowned King of Scotland’, because
of his descent from King Robert II.
After an early period as an adventurer,
when he worked as a cattle rancher and
horse-dealer in South America and Texas,
he embarked on a stormy political career.
He was the first socialist in Parliament,
was jailed after assailing the police
at the Battle of Trafalgar Square on
Bloody Sunday, 1887. Graham later became
the founder and president of the first
Labour Party, and was eventually elected
president of the Scottish National Party.
Meanwhile he travelled in Morocco disguised
as an Arab sheik and prospected for
gold in Spain. He was also a writer
of tales, essays, histories and biographies
– many of them set in Mexico and South
America – and enjoyed a high reputation
among his contemporaries as a bold and
original ironic realist.
Green,
David
David Green's novel
Atchley was published in 1998 (Station
Hill Arts). He is also the author of several
short stories, including "The Reader"
(Salt Hill) and "Accidents"
(Notre Dame Review). His scholarly publications
include studies of Samuel Beckett and the Irish
poet Brian Coffey. Before he took his current
teaching post at Boston University, he taught
at universities in Spain, China, and Texas.
