David Profumo

David John Profumo, FRSL (born 20 October 1955), is an English novelist.

Profumo was born in London, the son of former British government minister John Profumo, and his wife, actress Valerie Hobson.

Biography

Profumo was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was Assistant Master of English at Eton in 1978 and at Shrewsbury School from 1978 to 1979. He then became part-time lecturer of English at King's College London, from 1981 to 1983 and Deputy Editor of Fiction Magazine from 1982 to 1984.[citation needed] He was a columnist for The Daily Telegraph from 1987 to 1995.[1]

Profumo was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1995.[2]

Profumo married BBC Television producer[3] Helen Fraser, daughter of Alasdair Fraser, former Consultant Gynaecologist at St Mary's Hospital, on 22 March 1979 at St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone, London.[4] They have a son Alexander James Profumo.

Profumo's 2006 family memoir, Bringing the House Down, covered the scandal brought about by his father's affair with Christine Keeler.[5][6]

Bibliography

Books

Novels

  • Sea Music London, Secker and Warburg, 1988.
  • The Weather in Iceland London, Picador, 1993.

Non-fiction

  • In Praise of Trout. London, Viking, 1989.
  • The Magic Wheel: An Anthology of Fishing Literature . Editor, with Graham Swift, London, Picador, 1985
  • Bringing the House Down: A Family Memoir, 2006

Short fiction

Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
The blind man eats many flies ? ? Profumo, David (1985). "The blind man eats many flies". In Julian Evans (ed.). Foreign exchange. London: Sphere.

Essays and reporting

  • Profumo, David (10 September 2014). "The little drummer bird". Country Life. 208 (37): 126–127.

References

  1. ^ "David Profumo, Esq". Debretts. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Royal Society of Literature All Fellows". Royal Society of Literature. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  3. ^ Profumo, David. Bringing the house down. John Murray, 2007.
  4. ^ "The Peerage.com". Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  5. ^ Adams, Tim (24 September 2006). "There were four of them in this marriage". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  6. ^ Grice, Elizabeth (2 September 2006). "Son breaks family's 40-year silence on scandal of the Profumo Affair". The Daily Telegraph. London.

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