Rachel lichtenstein biography
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Rachel Lichtenstein
Rachel Lichtenstein
Rachel Lichtenstein is a British artist, writer and curator who is internationally known for her books, multi-media projects and artworks that examine place, memory and identity. She currently combines writing and research with a post as Reader in the English and History Departments of Manchester Met University.Her latest project involves deep research into Jewish settlement in East London and the Caribbean. Her publications include: Estuary: Out from London to the Sea (Hamish Hamilton, 2016) which was longlisted for the Gordon Burns Prize. Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden (Hamish Hamilton, 2012) and On Brick Lane (Hamish Hamilton, 2007), which was shortlisted for the Ondaatje prize. Her first book, Rodinsky’s Room (1999, co-written with Iain Sinclair), began as a personal quest and evolved into a compelling psycho-geographical detective story. Now considered a classic of its genre, it has been translated into
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Rachel Lichtenstein
Rachel Lichtenstein is a writer, artist and archivist.[1]
In 1999 she wrote Rodinsky's Room with Iain Sinclair, and since then she has published Rodinsky's Whitechapel (1999) and On Brick Lane (2007).[2] This last will be joined by two other books, Hatton Garden and Portobello Road to form a trilogy on London street markets.
In 2003, she became the British Library's first Pearson Creative Research Fellow, producing a work entitled Add. 17469: A Little Dust Whispered – both as an installation within the Library, and a subsequent book.[1]
Works
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- Rodinsky's Room, with Iain Sinclair (Granta Books, 1999)
- Rodinsky's Whitechapel, (Granta Books, 1999)
- On Brick Lane,[3] {Hamish Hamilton, 2007}
- Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden(2012)[4]
- Estuary: Out from London to the Sea' (Hamish Hamilton, 2016)
- Installations
- Shoah (1993)
- Add. 17469: A
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