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Jenni Calder

Jenni Calder (née Daiches) (born 1941) is a Scottish literary historian, and arts establishment figure.

Edinburgh based, she has been part of the Scottish literary community for many years. Her teaching and writing cover Scottish, English and American literary and historical subjects.

She has written 28 books on literary and historical subjects,[1][2] including biographies of Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, George Orwell and Naomi Mitchison and books on Scottish history and Scottish emigration. She has a particular research interest in emigration and the Scottish diaspora. She worked at the National Museums of Scotland from 1978 to 2001 and latterly as Head of Museum of Scotland International.[3] In 2003 she helped to organise the National Museums of Scotland's exhibition called 'Trailblazers - the Scots in Canada'.[4] She was president of Scottish PEN, a not-for-profit organisation that champions freedom of expression and literature across borders.[5]

She writes fiction and poetry as Jenni Daiches.[6]

She was formerly married to Angus Calder, and is the daughter of David Daiches a prominent Scottish, Jewish, writer, critic and historian. She was born in the US and spent time in Kenya. Her book Not Nebuchadnezzar is a partly a biography and a 'chronicle of the consuming search for that elusive concept known as 'identity''.[7] She has spoken out about anti-antisemitism.[8]

On the question of Scottish independence; of 27 Scottish authors whose opinion was sought, Calder was one of only two offering a definite No.[9]

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  1. ^ "Autor: Jenni Calder". Fideicomiso del Libro Escocés . Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2021 .
  2. ^ "Jenni Calder". Libros de Escocia . Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2021 .
  3. ^ "Jenni Calder". Prensa Luath . Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2021 .
  4. ^ Stokes-Rees, Emily (2004). "Revisión de Trailblazers: escoceses en Canadá'". Revista de etnografía de museos (16): 189–191. ISSN  0954-7169. JSTOR  40793757.
  5. ^ "PLUMA escocesa". PEN escocés . Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2021 .
  6. ^ "Jenni Daiches | Poeta". Biblioteca de poesía escocesa . Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2021 .
  7. ^ "No Nabucodonosor". Prensa Luath . Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2021 .
  8. ^ Cartas (6 de marzo de 2019). "Pasos que el Partido Laborista debe tomar ahora en la disputa por el antisemitismo | Cartas". el guardián . Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2021 .
  9. ^ "De los 27, conté 15 que darían un Sí definitivo a la independencia. Sólo dos de los otros, Jenni Calder y yo, damos un No definitivo". "Nunca subestimado a sabiendas". Ken MacLeod , Los primeros días de una nación mejor . 19 de diciembre de 2012. Consultado el 12 de julio de 2014.