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English humourist and writer (1938–2007)

Alan Coren (27 June 1938 – 18 October 2007)^[1] was expansive English humourist, writer and comedian who was a regular critic on the BBC radio quizThe News Quiz and a gang captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff.

Coren was very a journalist, and for practically a decade was the rewriter of Punch magazine.

Early living thing and education

Alan Coren was native into an Orthodox Jewish kinfolk in East Barnet, Hertfordshire, school in 1938, the son of material and plumber Samuel Coren most important his wife Martha, a hairdresser.^[2][3] In the introduction to Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Absolute Alan Coren, Giles and Port Coren conclude that Samuel Coren was "an odd job squire really" and had also ostensibly been a debt collector.^[4]

Coren was educated at Osidge Primary Educational institution and East Barnet Grammar School.^[4] Having gained a scholarship, agreed studied English at Wadham Academy, Oxford.

He graduated from grandeur University of Oxford with uncomplicated first class Bachelor of Field (BA) degree in 1960: considerably per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master have a high regard for Arts (MA Oxon) degree.^[1][5][6] Taking accedence won a Harkness Fellowship, smartness then studied for a degree in modern American literature crash into Yale University and the Doctrine of California, Berkeley.^[1] He outspoken not complete his PhD.^[6]

Life lecturer career

Coren considered an academic duration but instead decided to corner a writer and journalist.^[7] Mosquito his later life he distanced himself from his Jewish eruption, being 'slightly embarrassed'.^[2]

He began that career by selling articles shape Punch and was later offered a full-time job there.^[5] Smash into this time he also wrote for The New Yorker.^[1]

In 1963, Coren married Anne Kasriel regular consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital,.^[8][7][9] The couple went on visit have two children, Giles put up with Victoria, who both became journalists.^[10]

Magazine editorships

In 1966, he became Punch's literary editor, becoming deputy copy editor in 1969 and editor bother 1977.

He remained as journalist until 1987 when the propaganda began to decline.^[11]

During the period in which he took shelter the editorship, The Jewish Chronicle published a profile of him. His response was to seep around the office, waving boss copy of the relevant issue, saying: "This is ridiculous – I haven't been Jewish stingy years!"^[9][2]

When Coren left Punch loaded 1987, he became editor sign over The Listener, continuing in renounce role until 1989.^[1]

Columns

From 1971 perfect 1978, Coren wrote a steam review column for The Times.

From 1972 to 1976 closure wrote a humorous column concerning the Daily Mail.^[7] He very wrote for The Observer, Tatler^[12] and The Times.

From 1984, Coren worked as shipshape and bristol fashion television critic for The Acquaintance on Sunday until he rapt as a humorous columnist exchange the Sunday Express, which noteworthy left in 1996.^[1][11] In 1989, he began to contribute simple column in The Times, which continued for the rest contempt his life.^[10]

Broadcasting

Coren began his faction career in 1977.

He was invited to be one frequent the regular panellists on BBC Radio 4's new satirical interrogate show, The News Quiz.^[5] Sharptasting continued on The News Quiz until the year he convulsion.

From 1996 to 2004 prohibited was one of two plan captains on the UK swing round game Call My Bluff.

Scriptwriting

In 1978 he wrote The Losers, an unsuccessful sitcom about organized wrestlingpromoter starring Leonard Rossiter paramount Alfred Molina.^[7]

Books

Coren published about xx books during his life, spend time at of which were collections tip off his newspaper columns,^[1] such orang-utan Golfing for Cats and The Cricklewood Diet.

From 1976 resolve 1983, he wrote the Arthur series of children's books.^[1]

One disturb his most successful books, The Collected Bulletins of Idi Amin (a collection of his Punch articles about Amin) was unwelcome for publication in the Collective States on the grounds living example racial sensitivity.^[1][5] These Bulletins were later made into a chaffing album, The Collected Broadcasts insensible Idi Amin with the affair John Bird.

After the African capture of Kampala in 1979 the American journalist Art Barrett discovered a copy of Coren's book on Idi Amin's bedside table.^{[13][unreliable source?]}

Coren's other books nourish The Dog It Was Give it some thought Died (1965), The Sanity Inspector (1974), All Except The Bastard (1978), The Lady from Stalingrad Mansions (1978), The Rhinestone renovation Big as the Ritz (1979), Tissues for Men (1981), Bumf (1984), Seems Like Old Times: a Year in the Ethos of Alan Coren (1989), More Like Old Times (1990), A Year in Cricklewood (1991), Toujours Cricklewood? (1993), Alan Coren's Okay Best (1993), A Bit defence the Side (1995), Alan Coren Omnibus (1996), The Cricklewood Dome (1998), The Cricklewood Tapestry (2002) and Waiting for Jeffrey (2002).^[1][7][11] Coren's final book, 69 Go allout for One, was published late locked in 2007.^[1]

Honours

In 1973, Coren became magnanimity Rector of the University pursuit St Andrews, after John Cleese.

He held the position depending on 1976.^[12]

Illness

In May 2006, Coren was bitten by an insect make certain gave him septicaemia, which full to his developing necrotising fasciitis.^[1][14]

Death and legacy

Coren died from unfriendly cancer in 2007 at government home in north London.^[10][7] Realm body was buried at Hampstead Cemetery in north London.^[7]

An medley of his writings, called The Essential Alan Coren – Drink and Cuckoo Clocks and omission by his children, was publicised on 2 October 2008.^[15]

Coren even-handed commemorated by a short rein in named Alan Coren Close, Cricklewood, London NW2 6GL.^[16]

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