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English writer

Jenny DiskiFRSL (née Simmonds;^[1] 8 July 1947 – 28 April 2016) was an English writer. She had a troubled childhood, but was taken in and mentored by the novelist Doris Lessing; she lived in Lessing's house for four years.

Diski was educated at University College London, and worked as a teacher during the 1970s and early 1980s.^[2]

Diski was a regular contributor to the London Review of Books; the collections Don't and A View from the Bed include articles and essays written for the publication.

She won the 2003 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking around America With Interruptions.

Early life

Diski was a troubled teenager from a difficult, fractured home.

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Her parents were working-class Jewish immigrants to London.^[3] Her father, James Simmonds (born Israel Zimmerman), made his living on the black market. He deserted the family when Diski was aged six. This caused he