Prof. David Lodge

Henry Curry • 19 February 2025

We're sad to announce the death of one of our patrons

BBC NEWS 3rd January reported: 

Author and critic David Lodge, best known for his Booker Prize-nominated comic campus novels Small World and Nice Work, has died at the age of 89. In the books, the former literature professor satirised academic life, and both went on to be adapted for television. His other celebrated works included Changing Places and The British Museum is Falling Down, about a poor student who is distracted while attempting to write a thesis. His publisher Liz Foley said: "His contribution to literary culture was immense, both in his criticism and through his masterful and iconic novels which have already become classics."


More here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2nzgp5yp0o.amp

 

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