Duncan McLaren (author)

Duncan McLaren (born 1957) is a British writer, critic, and author. He is known for his books Looking For Enid: The Mysterious And Inventive Life Of Enid Blyton, published by Granta, and Evelyn!: Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love, published by Harbour Books. He was a writer in residence at Grizedale Arts in 2002.

Duncan McLaren
Born1957 (age 66–67)
NationalityBritish
OccupationWriter

Since 2021, McLaren has been writing a biography of the conceptual artist On Kawara.[1]

Career

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McLaren's career has included book writing, journalism, and authoring essays for exhibition catalogues. He also maintained a blog, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Blogs in 2011.[2]

Books

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  • Evelyn! Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love (2015, Harbour Books)
  • George MacDonald 1824–1905 (2007, Deveron Arts)
  • Looking For Enid: The Mysterious and Inventive Life of Enid Blyton (2007, Granta)
  • The Strangled Cry of the Writer-in-Residence (2002, Grizedale Arts)
  • Personal Delivery (1998, Quartet Books)

His book Looking For Enid: The Mysterious and Inventive Life of Enid Blyton received the Saga Magazine's Grown-Up Award for Non-Fiction in 2007.

Essays for Catalogues

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McLaren has contributed essays to numerous exhibition catalogues for artists such as Bill Drummond[3] and Sharon Kivland.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "On Kawara".
  2. ^ "2011 Blogger prize short list".
  3. ^ "Stay Here & Make Art".
  4. ^ "Transmission Publications".