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John Spurling
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1936
John Antony Spurling is a Kenyan-English playwright and author who has written thirty-five plays and seven books. Spurling won the 2015 Walter Scott Prize for The Ten Thousand Things. Spurling worked in various other capacities between the 1960s and 1990s, including announcing for BBC Radio from 1963 to 1966, reviewing books and art for BBC Radio and many magazines and newspapers, and as principal art critic for the New Statesman from 1976 to 1988.
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John Spurling was born in 1936 in the city of Kisumu, Kenya.
His versatile career spans playwriting, screenwriting, and literary criticism.
He is the author of a prolific body of work totaling 15 published books.
His novel The Hill Station stands out as one of his most recognized works.
His writing masterfully explores the intersection between historical fiction and general narrative.