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Chris Power | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 49–50) |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and literary critic |
| Notable credit | The Guardian |
Chris Power is a British writer and literary critic for The Guardian.
Biography
[edit]Power was born in 1975 and grew up in Farnborough, Hampshire.[1] He studied English and American literature at Swansea University, graduating in 1998.[2]
He has worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director.[1]
Power wrote a regular column for The Guardian about the short story as a literary form between 2007 and 2020.[3][4] [1] He has also presented the BBC Radio Four programme Open Book.[1]
He has cited Roberto Bolaño and Denis Johnson as literary influences.[1]
Power's first book of short stories, Mothers: Stories, was published in 2018 in Britain and in 2019 in the United States.[5][6] His first novel, A Lonely Man, was published in April 2021.[7]
Power is married with two daughters and lives in London.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Cummins, Anthony (3 April 2021). "Chris Power: 'You burn reality to fuel the fiction'". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnpower [self-published source]
- ^ Hulburt, Ann (January 2019). "Riveting Stories About Restless Wanderers". The Atlantic.
- ^ Rosen, Christine (May 2019). "Mothers: Stories (brief review)". Commentary.
- ^ McAloon, Jonathan (30 June 2018). "Mothers (book review)". The Spectator.
- ^ Thomas-Kennedy, Jackie (25 January 2019). "Review: 'Mothers: Stories,' by Chris Power". Star-Tribune. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "A Lonely Man". Faber.