Figure of British literature, David Lodge has died at the age of 89, announced Penguin Random House, his publishing house, this Friday January 3.
Bestselling author and academic literature professor David Lodge has died at the age of 89, leaving behind his biting humor and sarcasm that have delighted generations of readers. In a message published by his publishing house this Friday, January 3, we learn that the British writer will die on January 1, 2025.His contribution to literary culture has been immense, both through his criticism and through his masterful and emblematic novels which have already become classics.“, wrote its editor Liz Foley in the press release.
It is with his “university trilogy» – Change of scenery (1975), A very small world (1984) and Board game (1988) – that he demonstrates the extent of his talent. The first volume also earned him the prestigious Hawthorndern Prize, which established him as an author, courted by television which adapted some of his works.
A satirical and autobiographical work
David Lodge was born a few years before the war, on January 28, 1935, a moment “quite favorable“being born for a future writer in England,” he said, in a style typical of his deadpan humor. He grew up in a modest environment, in the south suburbs of London, where the university was a “unknown territory», recalls franceinfo.
The writer is a pure product of the meritocracy of England in the 1950s. Pushed by his university professors, this talented student entered University College London to study literature. In 1960 he joined the University of Birmingham as a professor of literature and remained there throughout his career. At the same time, he is a successful writer, particularly with the French public.
