Rachel Lichtenstein Explained

Rachel Lichtenstein is a writer, artist and archivist.

In 1999 she wrote Rodinsky's Room with Iain Sinclair, and since then she has published Rodinsky's Whitechapel (1999) and On Brick Lane (2007).^[1] This last will be joined by two other books, Hatton Garden and Portobello Road to form a trilogy on London street markets.

In 2003, she became the British Library's first Pearson Creative Research Fellow, producing a work entitled Add. 17469: A Little Dust Whispered  - both as an installation within the Library, and a subsequent book.^[2]

Works

Books

• Rodinsky's Room, with Iain Sinclair (Granta Books, 1999)
• Rodinsky's Whitechapel, (Granta Books, 1999)
• On Brick Lane,^[3]
• Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden(2012)^[4]
• Estuary: Out from London to the Sea' (Hamish Hamilton, 2016)

Installations

• Shoah (1993)
• Add. 17469: A Little Dust Whispered (2003)

See also

• Museum of Immigration and Diversity

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hilary Spurling . Review: On Brick Lane by Rachel Lichtenstein | Books | The Observer . Guardian . 18 August 2007. 2014-02-22.
2. Web site: A Little Dust Whispered . Bl.uk . 2005-12-08 . 2014-02-22.
3. On Brick Lane was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize.
4. News: Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden by Rachel Lichtenstein – review. The Observer . 23 June 2012.