Desmond Elliott
| ụdịekere | nwoke  |
|---|---|
| aha enyere | Desmond |
| aha ezinụlọ ya | Elliott |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 1930 |
| Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya | 2003 |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | literary agent |
Desmond Elliott (24 Disemba 1930 - 12 Ọgọst 2003) bụ onye nkwusa a ma ama na onye na-ede akwụkwọ.[1] Ọ malitere ọrụ ya na ụlọ mbipụta Macmillan tupu ọ gaa n'ihu ịchọta ụlọ ọrụ mbipụta nke ya Arlington Books . N'ime ọrụ nke fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ iri isii, ọ bụ ya chọpụtara ọtụtụ ndị edemede gara n'ihu bụrụ ndị ka ere ahịa gụnyere Penny Vincenzi na Jilly Cooper .[2][3]
Ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Desmond Elliott na London n'abalị Krismas nke afọ 1929. Mgbe nna ya nwụsịrị, e debere ya na Royal Masonic Orphanage na Dublin, Ireland mgbe ọ dị afọ iri. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ nke ọma ma nweta agụmakwụkwọ na Trinity College, Dublin, mana o kpebiri ịga England n'afọ 1947 mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii, na naanị £ 2 na akwụkwọ ozi mmeghe site n'aka onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke The Irish Times .
Elliot bu ụzọ rụọ ọrụ dịka nwa nwoke ọfịs maka Macmillan Publishers, tupu ọ banye na Hutchinson (onye na-ebipụta akwụkwọ) wee banye Michael Joseph (onye na-ebipụta akwụkwọ). Mgbe Max Reinhardt (onye na-ebipụta akwụkwọ) chụrụ ya n'ọrụ, ọ natara ụgwọ £ 1,000 na ọrụ site n'aka Sidney Bernstein, nke ITV Granada - onye nwere echiche nke abụọ. N'iji ụgwọ ọrụ ya fọdụrụnụ, o guzobere dịka onye ọrụ onwe ya n'afọ 1960 wee guzobe akwụkwọ Arlington.[4]
Nraranye ya na echiche azụmahịa ya mere ka Elliott bụrụ otu n'ime ndị ikom kachasị nwee ihe ịga nke ọma n'ọhịa ya.[5] Elliot bụ isi ihe mere e mepụtara ndepụta nke ndị na-ede akwụkwọ akụkọ na-aga nke ọma dịka Candida Lycett Green, Penny Vincenzi nakwa Lynda Lee-Potter .[6][2] Ọ kpọbatakwara Tim Rice na Andrew Lloyd Webber dịka onye ahịa mbụ. N'ịbụ onye ndị dere ya na-akwanyere ùgwù ma hụ ya n'anya, n'okwu Candida Lycett Green, Elliott bụ naanị "anwansi".
Ụzọ Ndụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Desmond Elliott biri ndụ ya na verve, na-aṅụ naanị champagne, na-emeso Fortnum & Mason dịka "cornershop" ya ma na-agafe Atlantic na Concorde.[7][8] Ọfịs ya dị na Mayfair ma nwee ụlọ na St James na Park Avenue.
Ihe nrite Desmond Elliott
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Tupu ọnwụ ya n'afọ 2003, Desmond Elliott kwuru na a ga-etinye ego ya na ụlọ ọrụ ebere nke ga-akwụ ụgwọ onyinye edemede "iji mee ka ọrụ nke ndị edemede ọhụrụ baa ụba".[9] Ya mere, e hiwere Desmond Elliott Prize kwa afọ n'afọ 2007, na-enye ego GB £ 10,000 nye onye dere akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ e bipụtara na UK.[10] Elliott gwara onye na-ede akwụkwọ akụkọ Sam Llewellyn akwụkwọ akụkọ ya dị mma bụ "n'etiti ịchụ nta akụ na agbụrụ" na akwụkwọ akụkọ mmeri ga-egosipụta omimi na obosara na akụkọ na-akpali akpali.[11][12]
Edemsibịa [1]
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ "'Overnight success' in line for Desmond Elliott prize", BBC News, 25 May 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Man Alive, BBC.
- ↑ “Curtis Brown”
- ↑ Liz Thomson, "Desmond Elliott obituary", Publishing News, 15 August 2003.
- ↑ Foyles. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved on 2012-06-07.
- ↑ Desmond Elliott Prize Website. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved on 2012-06-07.
- ↑ Guy Dammann, "Tom Rob Smith hot favourite for Desmond Elliot prize", The Guardian, 22 May 2008.
- ↑ Literary Festivals. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved on 2022-06-09.
- ↑ Katie Allen, "Shukla, Connolly, Kelman on Desmond Elliott longlist", The Bookseller, 11 April 2011.
- ↑ Richard Lea, "Anjali Joseph wins Desmond Elliott prize", The Guardian, 24 June 2011.
- ↑ Charlotte Williams, "Seren, Chatto and Doubleday on Desmond Elliott shortlist", The Bookseller, 24 May 2012.
- ↑ Harper Collins. Archived from the original on 2011-10-21. Retrieved on 2012-06-07.