Isabel Colegate
Isabel Colegate | |
|---|---|
| Born | Isabel Diana Colegate 10 September 1931 London, England, United Kingdom[1] |
| Died | 12 March 2023 (aged 91) |
| Occupations | Author and literary agent |
| Notable work | The Shooting Party |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Winifred Mary and Arthur Colegate |
| Relatives | Sir William Worsley, 3rd Baronet (grandfather); Katharine, Duchess of Kent (cousin) |
| Awards | WH Smith Literary Award |
Isabel Diana Colegate FRSL (10 September 1931 – 12 March 2023) was a British author and literary agent.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Born in Paddington in London, England, Colegate was the youngest of her parents' four daughters.[1] Her father was Sir Arthur Colegate, while her mother was Winifred Mary, a daughter of Sir William Worsley, 3rd Baronet, and the widow of Captain Francis Percy Campbell Pemberton of the 2nd Life Guards, who had been killed in action in the First World War.[2]
Colegate was a first cousin of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, who was also a granddaughter of Sir William Worsley, 3rd Baronet.
She was educated at Runton Hill School in Norfolk.
Career
[edit | edit source]In 1952, Colegate, in partnership with Anthony Blond, set up the publishing firm, Anthony Blond (London) Ltd.[3]
Colegate's novel The Shooting Party (1980) was adapted as an award-winning film of the same name, released in 1985 by Castle Hill Productions Inc. In 2010, the novel was adapted for radio by the BBC.[4]
Marriage and children
[edit | edit source]In 1953, Colegate married Michael Fenwick Briggs. The couple had two sons, Barnaby and Joshua, and a daughter, Emily.[1] From 1961 to 2007, they lived at Midford Castle near Bath.[5]
Death
[edit | edit source]Colegate died on 12 March 2023, at the age of 91.[6]
Awards and honours
[edit | edit source]- WH Smith Literary Award for The Shooting Party, 1981
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), 1981
- Honorary MA, University of Bath, 1988
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- The Blackmailer, 1958
- A Man of Power, 1960
- The Great Occasion, 1962
- Statues in a Garden, 1964
- Orlando King, 1968
- Orlando at the Brazen Threshold, 1971
- Agatha, 1973
- News from the City of the Sun, 1979
- The Shooting Party, 1980
- A Glimpse of Sion’s Glory, 1985
- Deceits of Time, 1988
- The Summer of the Royal Visit, 1991
- Winter Journey, 1995
- A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries, and Recluses, 2002
References
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Sources
[edit | edit source]- Elizabeth Sleeman, International Who's Who of Women, 2002. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
External links
[edit | edit source]- "ISABEL COLEGATE, 1931 –", University of South Carolina.
- "The Shooting Party, 1985", IMDB.
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