Mervyn Jones (writer) explained

Mervyn Jones
Birth Date:27 February 1922
Birth Place:Regent's Park, London, England
Death Date:23 February 2010 (aged 87)
Occupation:Writer
Education:Abbotsholme School
Alma Mater:New York University
Notableworks:John and Mary, Holding On, Today The Struggle
Spouse:Jeanne Urquhart (1948–1990)
Children:Conrad Jones, Marian Jones and Jaqueline Jones
Relatives:Ernest Jones (father)

Mervyn Jones (27 February 1922 – 23 February 2010[1]) was a British novelist, journalist and biographer, the son of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones.[2]

Mervyn Jones wrote 29 novels (five unpublished),[3] including John and Mary (1966), the basis for the 1969 film,[4] and Holding On (1973), which was adapted for television in 1977.[5]

Jones also wrote non-fiction, reportage and biography, including a fictional biography of Joseph Stalin in 1970 and a biography of his friend Michael Foot, the former Labour Party leader, in 1994. A former Communist, Jones wrote for the Daily Worker, and later the New Reasoner and Tribune; he was later assistant editor at the New Statesman.[6]

He died in 2010 at age 87.

Selected works

Fiction

Non-fiction

Portrait and Self-portrait (1969) [Ed.]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Geoffrey Goodman Obituary, The Guardian, 26 February 2010
  2. Obituary The Times, 2 March 2010.
  3. Web site: Mervyn Jones obituary. TheGuardian.com. 25 February 2010.
  4. Web site: Obituary: Mervyn Jones, 1922-2010 Tribune . www.tribunemagazine.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150209193104/http://www.tribunemagazine.org/2010/03/obituary-mervyn-jones-1922-2010/ . 2015-02-09.
  5. Web site: Holding on (TV Series 1977–) – IMDb. IMDb.
  6. Web site: Mervyn Jones . 2023-01-18 . www.telegraph.co.uk. 24 February 2010 .