Iain Hamilton (journalist)
Iain Bertram Hamilton (3 February 1920 – 15 July 1986) was a Scottish journalist, author and poet.[1]
Hamilton was educated at
Illustrated London News and the high-brow current affairs magazine Encounter
.
The best known of Hamilton's literary works is his biography of
Secker & Warburg
, London, in 1982 (a year before Koestler's death). His other books were:
- Spectrum: A Spectator Miscellany (1956), ed. with Ian Gilmour
- Scotland the Brave (1957)
- Half a Highlander: An Autobiography of a Scottish Youth (1958)
- The Foster Gang (1966), with H. J. May
- Embarkation for Cythera (1974)
- The Kerry Kyle (1980)
He also wrote a play early in his career, The Snarling Beggar (1951).
Reviews
- Ross, Robert (1982), review of Koestler, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), ISSN 0264-0856
References
- ^ Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
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