Oscar Moore (novelist)
Oscar Moore (23 March 1960 – 12 September 1996)[1] was an English journalist, author and editor of Screen International.
Biography
Moore grew up in London and was educated at the independent
Novel
A Matter of Life and Sex was published in 1991 originally under the pseudonym Alec F. Moran (an anagram for roman à clef).[5][6] It is an autobiographical novel recounting the coming of age of a gay man, Hugo Harvey, who engages in sex from a young age and later, during college, works at least part-time as a prostitute, contracting HIV/AIDS in the mid-1980s before the advent of effective anti-HIV drugs. The novel describes the protagonist's relationships with his family (most significantly with his mother), his school friends, his casual sex mates, and with other friends battling HIV/AIDS.
Legacy
A book collecting his "PWA" columns was published a month after his death.[7] A stage adaptation was produced in London in 2001.[8]
After his death,
Works
- A Matter of Life and Sex, 1991, Dutton, New York. ISBN 0-525-93484-7.
- PWA: Looking AIDS in the Face, 1996, Picador, London. ISBN 0-330-35193-1.
References
- ^ a b c Picardie, Justine (18 September 1996). "Obituary: Oscar Moore". The Independent. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ a b c "Oscar Moore". Christopher Silvester. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ a b Farrow, Boyd (20 September 1996). "Oscar Moore 1960-1996". Screen International. p. 12.
- ^ "Oscar Moore". islington.humap.site. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ISBN 1-873736-00-2.
- ISBN 0-525-93484-7.
- ISBN 0-330-35193-1
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (2001). [1] "Theatre Review: PWA: The Diaries of Oscar Moore", The Guardian, London, 19 October 2001.