Lorna Sage (born Hanmer, North Wales in 1943; died London in 2001), was a Welsh accademic, as well as an award winning Literary critic and author, known widely for her contribution to the consideration of women's writing. Approximate extent of North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff Official language(s) English, Welsh Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification    - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056  Area    - Total 20,779 km² (3rd in...

Biography

The eldest child of Valma and Eric Stockton, she was named after the character Lorna Doone ^[1]. Sage was educated at the village school, then at the Girls' High School in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Her childhood in the late 1940's and early 1950's is recalled in her last book "Bad Blood". Sage became pregnant when she was 16 but was able to continue her education and won a scholarship to read English at Durham University, only after the university changed its admission rules. Sage went on to receive an MA from Birmingham University for a thesis on seventeenth century poetry. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Lorna Doone Lorna Doone, subtitled A Romance of Exmoor, is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore, first published in 1869. ... Map sources for Whitchurch at grid reference SJ541415 Whitchurch is a small town in the north of the county of Shropshire. ... A pregnant woman Pregnancy is the process by which a mammalian female carries a live offspring from conception until it develops to the point where the offspring is capable of living outside the womb. ... Durham University is a university in England. ... The University of Birmingham is the oldest of three universities in the English city of Birmingham. ...

All of her academic career was spent at the University of East Anglia, where she was Professor of English Literature from 1994. She edited The Cambridge guide to women's writing in English (1999) which has become a standard work, which in the preface she said: "In concentrating on women's writing...you stress the extent and pace of change, for the scale of women's access to literary life has reflected and accelerated democratic, diasporic pressures in the modern world" The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a campus university located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, founded as part of the British Governments New Universities programme in the 1960s. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Sage's book reviews appeared in the London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement and the New York Times Book Review, breaking the works of Angela Carter to the wider world, as well as covering studies of works of numerous authors, including Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, Thomas Love Peacock, John Milton and Thomas Hardy. The London Review of Books (or LRB) is a twice-monthly British literary magazine. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Angela Carter Angela Carter (May 8, 1940[1] – February 16, 1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her post-feminist magical realist and science fiction works. ... Christina Stead (1902 - 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer noted for her satirical wit and psychological penetration. ... Doris Lessing, CH, OBE (born October 22, 1919), is a British writer, born Doris May Taylor in Kermanshah, Persia (Iran). ... Thomas Love Peacock (October 18, 1785 - January 23, 1866) was an English satirist and author. ... John Milton, English poet John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, best-known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. ... Thomas Hardy For other people called Thomas Hardy, see Thomas Hardy (disambiguation) Thomas Hardy, OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was a novelist, short story writer, and poet of the naturalist movement, who delineated characters struggling against their passions and circumstances. ...

Her autobiographic novel "Bad Blood" was a tragic story of childhood disappointment in a family where warped behaviour is passed down the family from generation to generation. The book won the Whitbread Biography Award on 11 January 2001 a week before Sage died, having suffered from emphysema for most of her life. The book missed out on receiving the accolade of Whitbread Book of the Year at the award ceremony on 23 January 2001. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Personal life

Sage married Victor Sage while still in her teens and their daughter, Sharon, was born in 1959. They were later divorced and Sage married again in 1979. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Publications

• Women in the house of fiction (1992)
• Flesh and the mirror; Essays on the art of Angela Carter (1994)
• The Cambridge guide to women's writing in English (1999)
• Bad Blood (2000)

References

1. ^ Life-balance.org

External links

• Bio at West Midlands Literary Heritage
• List of Reviews available at London Review of Books
• Her last ever article
• BBC report of her death