Clive James Writer

Clive James AO CBE (born Vivian Leopold James on 7 October 1939) is an Australian-British author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist, best known for his autobiographical series Unreliable Memoirs, for his chat shows and documentaries on British television and for his prolific journalism. He has lived and worked in the United Kingdom since 1962.

Personal facts

Birth date	October 07, 1939
Birth name	Vivian Leopold James
Birth place	Sydney , Kogarah New South Wales , Australia
Children	Claerwen James

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award	Philip Hodgins
influenced by	Albert Camus George Orwell Raymond Aron Louis MacNeice Arthur Schnitzler Gore Vidal Philip Larkin W. H. Auden Stefan Zweig F. Scott Fitzgerald Egon Friedell
notable work	Cultural Amnesia (book)