In Their Own Words

In Their Own Words, British novelists

Series looking at the story of the British novel in the 20th century, told by those who know it best, the authors themselves.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tjqh0

Episode 2: The Age of Anxiety 1945-1969

J. R. R. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings

Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim

William Golding - Lord of the Files

Iris Murdoch - Under the net

The Angry Young Men

John Braine - Room at the top

Alan Sillitoe - Saturday night, Sunday morning

Kenneth Tynan

The Windrush Generation

George Lamming - The Emigrants

Sam Selvon - The lonely Londoner

Colin MacInnes - Absolute beginners

John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids

Anthony Burgess - A clockwork orange

JG Ballard - The Drowned World

Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook

Margaret Drabble - The Millstone

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Shell Scott

Shell Scott
Shell Scott was the best-known creation of fiction writer Richard S. Prather. A Southern California private eye, 6-foot-2 ex-marine, he was featured in three dozen novels published over a span of nearly 40 years. (Wiki).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Scott

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Prather

http://www.thrillingdetective.com/scott.html
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Edith Södergran

Edith Södergran
Edith Irene Södergran (4 April 1892 – 24 June 1923) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet. (wiki).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_S%C3%B6dergran

One of her most famous poems is “On Foot I Had to Cross the Solar System”:

On foot
I had to cross the solar system
before I found the first thread of my red dress.
I sense myself already.
Somewhere in space hangs my heart,
shaking in the void, from it stream sparks
into other intemperate hearts.

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