Katherine Bucknell (born 1957 in
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025.
The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...
) is an American scholar and novelist who resides in England.
Katherine Bucknell is the editor of
W. H. Auden
Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, ...
's ''
Juvenilia
Juvenilia are literary, musical or artistic works produced by authors during their youth. Written juvenilia, if published at all, usually appear as retrospective publications, some time after the author has become well known for later works. Bac ...
'' and of three volumes of the diaries of
Christopher Isherwood
Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
,
as well as ''The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy''. In 2024, Bucknell published the biography ''Christopher Isherwood: Inside Out'' (Chatto & Windus).
She is the author of four novels: ''Canarino'' (2004), ''Leninsky Prospekt'' (2005), ''What You Will'' (2007), and ''+1'' (2013).
References
External links
Katherine Bucknell's Official WebsiteRead Katherine Bucknell's articles on the 5th Estate blog
1957 births
21st-century British novelists
Living people
Writers from Ho Chi Minh City
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