Jeremy Harding

Jeremy Harding (born 1952)[1] is a British writer and journalist, based in the south of France.

Life and work

Harding was born in London, where he was given up for adoption at 11 days old by his Irish mother.[2] He grew up in West London.[1] He tells the story of his adoption and the search for his biological mother in the book Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy.[3]

He is a contributing editor at the London Review of Books.[4] He lives in France, an hour from Bordeaux, with his wife and three sons.[4]

Publications

Publications by Harding
  • Small Wars, Small Mercies: Journies in Africa's Disputed Nations. London: Penguin, 1993. ISBN 9780140134339.
    • The Fate of Africa: Trial by Fire. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. ISBN 9780671723590.
  • The Uninvited: Refugees at the Rich Man's Gate (2000)[5][6]
  • Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy (2006)[7][8]
  • Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World (2012)[9]

Publications with contributions by Harding
  • Arthur Rimbaud: Selected Poems and Letters. Penguin Classics. London: Penguin, 2004. ISBN 978-0140448023. Translated by Harding and John Sturrock.

References
  1. Adie, Kate (5 May 2006). "Review: Mother Country by Jeremy Harding". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-04 – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (17 March 2006). "Father fissure". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  3. Wilkinson, Carl (4 March 2007). "Review: Mother Country by Jeremy Harding". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2020-03-04 – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. Kellaway, Kate (26 March 2006). "Interview: Jeremy Harding". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2020-03-04 – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. Ascherson, Reviewed by Neal (18 May 2000). "Any port in a storm for determined migrants". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-04 – via www.theguardian.com.
  6. Daniels, Anthony (1 July 2000). "Don't shoot the gatekeeper". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-04 – via www.theguardian.com.
  7. "Mother Country, by Jeremy HardingA Forever Family, by John". The Independent. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  8. Cooke, Rachel (8 April 2006). "Observer review: Mother Country by Jeremy Harding". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2020-03-04 – via www.theguardian.com.
  9. Beckett, Andy (16 November 2012). "Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World by Jeremy Harding – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-04 – via www.theguardian.com.
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