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Kay Dick (29 July 1915 – 19 October 2001) was an English journalist, writer, novelist and autobiographer, who sometimes wrote under the name Edward Lane.〔Michael De-la-Noy, ("Kay Dick" (obituary) ), ''The Guardian'', 24 October 2001.〕 ==Life== Dick was born Kathleen Elsie Dick at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, England, UK. In early life, she worked at Foyle's bookshop in London's Charing Cross Road and, at 26, became the first woman director in English publishing at P.S. King & Son. She later became a journalist, working at the ''New Statesman''. For many years, she edited the literary magazine ''The Windmill'', under the nom de plume Edward Lane. Dick wrote five novels between 1949 and 1962, including the famous ''An Affair of Love'' (1953) and ''Solitaire'' (1958). She also wrote literary biography, researching the lives of Colette and Carlyle. In 1960 she published ''Pierrot'', about the commedia dell'arte. Dick was a regular reviewer for ''The Times'', ''The Spectator'' and ''Punch''. Dick also edited several anthologies of stories and interviews with writers, including ''Ivy and Stevie'' (1971) and ''Friends and Friendship'' (1974). She was known for campaigning tirelessly and successfully for the introduction of the Public Lending Right, which pays royalties to authors when their books are borrowed from public libraries. In 1977, Dick published ''They'',〔Duncan Hall, ("Writer Graham Duff on Kay Dick's work of science fiction" ), ''The Argus'', 21 November 2014.〕 a series of dream sequences that won the South-East Arts literature prize. In 1984 she followed this with an acclaimed autobiographical novel, ''The Shelf'', in which she examined a lesbian affair. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kay Dick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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