![]() ![]() Salinger (1988), an account of his attempt to write a biography of the elusive author of The Catcher in the Rye. ![]() He was the author of several non-fiction books including a study of the rise of literary biography, Keepers of the Flame (1992) and In Search of J.D. Ian Hamilton was an acclaimed biographer, whose subjects include Robert Lowell, Matthew Arnold and the footballer Paul Gascoigne. He was editor of New Review from 1974 to 1979, publishing new work by writers including Ian McEwan, Andrew Motion, Tom Paulin and Jim Crace, and presented the BBC television programme 'Bookmark' (1984-7). From 1965 to 1973 he worked as poetry and fiction editor for the Times Literary Supplement, and was lecturer in poetry at Hull University from 1971 to 1972. He was the poetry reviewer for London Magazine (1962-4), and poetry critic for The Observer (1965-70). He graduated from Keble College, Oxford, in 1962 and founded the poetry journal Review, which he edited until 1971. Poet, critic, editor and biographer Ian Hamilton was born on 24 March 1938 in King's Lynn, Norfolk. ![]()
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