Kevin Jackson (writer) explained

Kevin Jackson
Birth Date:3 January 1955
Birth Place:London, England
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:British
Period:1979–2021
Genre:Criticism, biography, cultural history
Notableworks:The Language of Cinema (1998)
Humphrey Jennings (2004)
Withnail & I (BFI Modern Classics) (2008)
Invisible Forms: A Guide to Literary Curiosities (2000)

Kevin Jackson (3 January 1955 – 10 May 2021) was an English writer, broadcaster, filmmaker and pataphysician.

He was educated at the Emanuel School,[1] Battersea, and Pembroke College, Cambridge. After teaching in the English Department of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, he joined the BBC, first as a producer in radio and then as a director of short documentaries for television. In 1987 he was recruited to the Arts pages of The Independent.[2] He was a freelance writer since the early 1990s[3] and was a regular contributor to BBC radio programmes,[4] including Radio 4's Saturday Review.[5]

Jackson often collaborated on projects with, among others, the film-maker Kevin Macdonald, with whom he co-produced a Channel 4 documentary on Humphrey Jennings, The Man Who Listened to Britain (2000); with the cartoonist Hunt Emerson, on comic strips about the history of Western occultism for Fortean Times, on two comics inspired by John Ruskin (published by the Ruskin Foundation)[6] and on a book-length version of Dante's Inferno (Knockabout Books, 2012); with the musician and composer Colin Minchin (lyrics for various songs, and the rock opera Bite, first staged in West London, October 2011); and with the songwriter Peter Blegvad (short surreal plays for BBC Radio 3 – eartoons). Jackson also conducted a long biographical interview with Blegvad, published by Atlas Press in September 2011 as The Bleaching Stream.[7] Jackson appears, under his own name, as a semi-fictional character in Iain Sinclair's account of a pedestrian journey around the M25, London Orbital.[8] Worple Press published Jackson's book of interviews with Sinclair, The Verbals in 2002.[9]

He was among the founder members of the London Institute of 'Pataphysics,[10] and held the Ordre de la Grande Gidouille from the College de Pataphysique in Paris. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Companion of the Guild of St George. From 2009–2011 he was visiting professor in English at University College London.

Jackson died on 10 May 2021, at the age of 66.[11]

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  1. [List of Old Emanuels#Literature]
  2. Web site: Carcanet Press Author Biography. 10 October 2012.
  3. Book: Sinclair, Iain . London Orbital . 204–205.
  4. Web site: TV & Radio Sites . BBC . 10 October 2012.
  5. Web site: Saturday Review Programmes . 10 October 2012.
  6. News: Comic book highlights Ruskinian views . The Independent . 29 November 2005 . London.
  7. The Journal of the London Institute of 'Pataphysics . 10 October 2012.
  8. News: Meandering round the M25 . The Guardian . Nicholas Lezard . Nicholas Lezard . 21 September 2002.
  9. Book: The Verbals: Iain Sinclair in conversation with Kevin Jackson . 9780953094790 . 10 October 2012. Jackson . Kevin . Sinclair . Iain . 2003 . Worple .
  10. http://www.readysteadybook.com/Article.aspx?page=kevin Interview with Kevin Jackson at Ready, Steady, Book
  11. Web site: Carlson . Michael . Kevin Jackson and Modernism: Constellations of Genius . Carlson Sports . 13 May 2021.
  12. Book: Jackson, Kevin. Mayflower : the voyage from hell. 2020. 978-1-9161908-7-0. London. 1235904484.
  13. Book: Kevin, Jackson. Darwin's Odyssey: The Voyage of the Beagle. Can of Worms. 2020. 9781916190887.
  14. Book: Kevin, Jackson. The Queen's Pirate: Sir Francis Drake and the Golden Hind. Can of Worms. 2020. 9781916190894.
  15. Book: Kevin, Jackson. Nelson's Victory: Trafalgar and Tragedy. Can of Worms. 2021. 9781911673064.

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