Isabel Colegate
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Isabel Diana Colegate is a British
author and literary agent.
She was born in Lincolnshire
, the daughter of Sir Arthur and Winifred Mary Colegate, and was educated at Runton
Hill School
in Norfolk
. She lived at Midford Castle
near Bath, England, until 2007. Anthony Blond
set up his own firm in 1952, Anthony Blond (London) Ltd, in partnership with Isabel Colegate.
In 1953 she married Michael Briggs, and the couple have two sons and a daughter.
Her 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, it was adapted for radio by the BBC.
United Kingdom
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author and literary agent.
She was born in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, the daughter of Sir Arthur and Winifred Mary Colegate, and was educated at Runton
Runton
Runton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk consisting of the villages of East Runton and West Runton.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,633 in 7.84 households as of the 2001 census....
Hill School
in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
. She lived at Midford Castle
Midford Castle
Midford Castle is a folly castle in the village of Midford, and the parish of Southstoke south of Bath, Somerset, England.The castle was built in 1775 for Henry Disney Roebuck from designs by John Carter in the shape of the "clubs" symbol used in playing cards...
near Bath, England, until 2007. Anthony Blond
Anthony Blond
Anthony Bernard Blond was a British publisher and author.Blond was the elder son of Major Neville Blond CMG, OBE, who was a cousin of Harold Laski. His mother was from a Manchester Sephardic Jewish family; they divorced when Blond was a child. Born in Sale, Cheshire, Blond was educated at Eton,...
set up his own firm in 1952, Anthony Blond (London) Ltd, in partnership with Isabel Colegate.
In 1953 she married Michael Briggs, and the couple have two sons and a daughter.
Her novel The Shooting Party (1980) was adapted as an award-winning film of the same name
The Shooting Party
The Shooting Party is a 1985 film directed by Alan Bridges and based on the book of the same name by Isabel Colegate. The film is set in 1913 and shows the way of life of English aristocrats, gathered for pheasant shooting and general self-indulgence. Their way of life is contrasted with the...
, released in 1985 by Castle Hill Productions Inc. In 2010, it was adapted for radio by the BBC.
Awards and honours
- W.H. Smith Literary award for The Shooting Party, 1981
- Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureRoyal Society of LiteratureThe Royal Society of Literature is the "senior literary organisation in Britain". It was founded in 1820 by George IV, in order to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". The Society's first president was Thomas Burgess, who later became the Bishop of Salisbury...
, 1981 - Honorary M.A., University of BathUniversity of BathThe University of Bath is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966....
, 1988
External links
- ISABEL COLEGATE, 1931 –, University of South Carolina.
- The Shooting Party, 1985, IMDB.
- Isabel (Diana) Colegate Biography