R.I.P. Clancy Sigal

[Jochen Stremmel]

I just read the introduction of Sigal's Hemingway book. Wonderful and true.

2017-07-18 10:11 GMT+02:00 Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>:

> Thank you, Laura – just ordered the Hemingway book.
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> J
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> 2017-07-18 1:11 GMT+02:00 Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>:
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>> Clancy passed away last night at a ripe old age. No obits out yet, but
>> hopefully there will be some out soon.
>>
>> I first became aware of him as he was portrayed by Doris Lessing in The
>> Golden Notebook, as the character Saul Green. He wrote a wonderful
>> reminiscence, on her passing:
>>
>> https://newrepublic.com/article/115645/doris-lessings-former
>> -companion-remembers-her-legacy
>>
>> But he also made a huge impression on me back in my youth with his
>> best-known work, Going Away: A Report, a Memoir. Look it up if you haven't
>> read it.
>>
>> He wrote with honesty, wit and a keen eye, about writers,
>> pop-psycho-babble, Hollywood, lefty politics (he was a red-diaper baby) and
>> the culture and politics of the day. He also co-wrote the screenplay for
>> Frida (2002). Just an all-around witty, wonderful great guy. I was lucky to
>> be able to read his many mini-essays on his Facebook page. I'll miss them
>> (and him).
>>
>> His complete works:
>>
>> *Weekend in Dinlock*, Houghton Mifflin, 1960.
>> *Going Away*, 1961
>> *Zone of the Interior*, New York: Thomas W. Crowell, 1976.
>> *The Secret Defector*, New York: Harper Collins, 1992
>> *A Woman of Uncertain Character: The amorous and radical adventures of my
>> mother Jennie (who always wanted to be a respectable Jewish mom) by her
>> bastard son* (2006)
>> *Hemingway Lives! Why Reading Ernest Hemingway Matters Today*, OR Books,
>> 2013
>>
>> Laura
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