Elizabeth Young

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1950 – 2001

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Who was Elizabeth Young?

Elizabeth Jesse Young was a London-based literary critic and author, who wrote principally on cult writers for a range of British newspapers and magazines. In particular she championed transgressive fiction, for which she received some criticism in the press, not least for her defence of A. M. Homes' The End of Alice, which dealt with themes of paedophilia from what was seen as an uncomfortably neutral perspective.

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Born
Jun 6, 1950
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Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Employment
  • Compendium Books
Lived in
  • Scotland
Died
Mar 18, 2001

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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