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Simon Arthur Noël Raven (28 December 1927 – 12 May 2001) was an English author, playwright, essayist, television writer, and screenwriter. He is known for his louche lifestyle as much as for his literary output.
Simon Raven (born December 28, 1927, Leicester, Leicestershire, England—died May 12, 2001, London) was an English novelist, playwright, and journalist, known particularly for his satiric portrayal of the hedonism of the mid-20th-century upper classes of English society.
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Dec 6, 2016 · Simon Arthur Noël Raven (28 December 1927 – 12 May 2001) was an English novelist, essayist, dramatist and raconteur who, in a writing career of forty years, caused controversy, amusement and offence.
May 17, 2001 · Simon Raven, whose 36 novels provided a highly personalized, exceedingly hedonistic vision of the English upper classes, died Saturday at a London hospital. He was 73.
May 12, 2001 · Simon Arthur Noël Raven (28 December 1927 – 12 May 2001) was an English novelist, essayist, dramatist and raconteur who, in a writing career of forty years, caused controversy, amusement and offence.
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Peter Hitchens praises the Alms for Oblivion series by Simon Raven, a pagan, cruel and hilarious depiction of post-war England. He argues that Raven's books are a neglected treasure of literature, full of beauty, wit and moral complexity.
Summary. 'Cracking entertainment... Dangerously, deliciously addictive' Daily Telegraph. ' [Raven is] a freak writer, he defies classification. In wilder moments he suggests a loose, lunatic collaboration of Trollope, Ouida and Waugh' Observer.
