Gordon Burn
English writer (1948-2009)
. Gordon Burn (16 January 1948 – 17 July 2009) was an English writer born in Newcastle upon Tyne and the author of four novels and several works of non-fiction. Career. Burn's novels explore the issues of modern fame and faded celebrity as lived through the media spotlight. His novel Alma Cogan (1991), which imagined the future life of the British singer Alma Cogan had she not died in 1966, won the Whitbread Award for First Novel. His other novels, Fullalove and The North of England Home Service, were published in 1995 and 2003, respectively. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Burn
. Gordon Burn (16 January 1948 – 17 July 2009) was an English writer born in Newcastle upon Tyne and the author of four novels and several works of non-fiction. Career. Burn's novels explore the issues of modern fame and faded celebrity as lived through the media spotlight. His novel Alma Cogan (1991), which imagined the future life of the British singer Alma Cogan had she not died in 1966, won the Whitbread Award for First Novel. His other novels, Fullalove and The North of England Home Service, were published in 1995 and 2003, respectively.
