R.I.P. Clancy Sigal

[Thomas Eckhardt]

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/25/clancy-sigal-obituary

Yes, sounds like a wonderful guy.



> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 7:11 PM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com 
> <mailto:laurakelber at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     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
>     <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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