Mervyn Jones (writer)
Encyclopedia
Mervyn Jones was a British biographer and novelist, the son of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones
.
, and published a fictional biography of Joseph Stalin, Joseph in 1970 and a biography of his friend Michael Foot
, the former Labour Party
leader, in 1994.
Ernest Jones
Alfred Ernest Jones was a British neurologist and psychoanalyst, and Sigmund Freud’s official biographer. Jones was the first English-speaking practitioner of psychoanalysis and became its leading exponent in the English-speaking world where, as President of both the British Psycho-Analytical...
.
Literary credits
He wrote the 1966 novel John and Mary, the basis for the movie of the same titleJohn and Mary (Film)
John and Mary is a 1969 American romantic drama film directed by Peter Yates. It stars Mia Farrow as Mary, and Dustin Hoffman as John, directly on the heels of Rosemary's Baby and Midnight Cowboy, respectively...
, and published a fictional biography of Joseph Stalin, Joseph in 1970 and a biography of his friend Michael Foot
Michael Foot
Michael Mackintosh Foot, FRSL, PC was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author, who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1955 and from 1960 until 1992...
, the former Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
leader, in 1994.
External links
- Daily Telegraph obituary, 24 February 2010 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/7309497/Mervyn-Jones.html