James Fenton (4)
Author of The Forgotten Army: A Burma Soldier's Story in Letters, Photographs and Sketches
For other authors named James Fenton, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
James Fenton has been a foreign correspondent & a theater critic & has written about the history of gardens. His book of poems, "Out of Danger", was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. He won the 2015 PEN/Pinter Prize for poetry. The award, established by English PEN in memory of Nobel-Laureate show more playwright Harold Pinter, is presented annually for outstanding literary merit by a British writer or writer resident in Britain. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- JF #4, author of The Forgotten Army, was born in Lancashire and attended a secondary school winning a scholarship to study drawing, cotton printing weaving, pottery and industrial design. Having gained the Board of Education Drawing Certificate, Fenton was called for military service in World War 2. He served with the Royal Artillery in the UK, India, Burma and Malaya. Following discharge from the army, he embarked on a career as a creative artist and graphic designer with several London agencies. (From Amazon author info.
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