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CodeDS/UK/528
Person NameWeldon; Fay (22 Sep 1931 – 4 Jan 2023); Author; essayist; playwright
Dates22 Sep 1931 – 4 Jan 2023
Dates and PlacesBorn New Zealand, 1931
Educated South Hampstead High School
Studied at St Andrew's University, Scotland
ActivityOver the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including 'Puffball' (1980), 'The Cloning of Joanna May' (1989), 'Wicked Women' (1995) and 'The Bulgari Connection' (2000), but was most well-known as the writer of 'The Life and Loves of a She-Devil' (1983) which was televised by the BBC in 1986.

She also worked on a TV Adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Predjudice, in 1980, a co-production between the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Produced by Jonathan Powell (on which Betty Willingale also acted as a script editor).
Sourcehttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/04/fay-weldon-obituary (Accessed 07/02/2024)
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BW/5/2Framed drawing, celebrating the TV adaptation of Mansfield Park, by Jensen
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