Occupation Writer Name Mervyn Jones Nationality English Role Novelist | Citizenship British Spouse Jeanne Urquhart (m. 1948) Education New York University | |
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Notable works John and Mary, Holding On, Today The Struggle Children Conrad Jones, Marian Jones and Jaqueline Jones Died February 23, 2010, Brighton, United Kingdom Books John y Mary, Mr Armitage isn't back yet, Chances | ||
Mervyn Jones (27 February 1922 – 23 February 2010) was a British novelist, journalist and biographer, the son of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones.
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Mervyn Jones wrote 29 novels (five unpublished), including John and Mary (1966), the basis for the 1969 film, and Holding On (1973), which was adapted for television in 1977.
Jones also wrote non-fiction, reportage and biography, including a fictional biography of Joseph Stalin in 1970 and a biography of his friend Michael Foot, the former Labour Party leader, in 1994. A former Communist, Jones wrote for the Daily Worker, and later the New Reasoner and Tribune; he was later assistant editor at the New Statesman.
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