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Verve’s Culture Editor and resident bibliophile recommends his favourite documentaries on the lives of writers
Often, what fascinates me more than reading a book, is to understand how and why it was written. To take it a step further in that case, I love to know about writers’ lives – their loves, their feuds, their passions and obsessions, and how they anguish to put the written word on paper. Off-late, there’s been a rise in what you call the ‘literary documentary’ – be it the life of an author, editor, or even just a book. I am always on the lookout for such documentaries, as they add an extra layer of intrigue and joy to the primary pleasure of reading the writers’ works.
Here are some of the literary documentaries that I have enjoyed over the years, and where you can watch them as well.This documentary details the life and times of Didion in a way that no book can, in my opinion. It speaks of her ongoing literary career, her marriage, the losses in her life, and how she has learned to cope. The documentary covers her life from the Seventies and touches upon how she lost her husband and daughter.
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