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| − | '''G. Peter Winnington''' | + | '''G. Peter Winnington''' is retired from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, where he lectured in modern English literature. He created and edited (1975–1984) ''The Mervyn Peake Review'' for the (now defunct) Mervyn Peake Society and then launched his own [http://www.peakestudies.com Peake Studies] in 1988. He prepared the 1992 Overlook edition of Peake's Titus books, selecting the essays printed at the end of ''Titus Alone''. His biography of Peake, ''Vast Alchemies'' (2000) was shortlisted for the Mythopoeic Society's Scholarship Award and his study of Peake's work, ''The Voice of the Heart'', was published in 2006 by Liverpool UP (in the UK) and Chicago UP (in the USA). He edited [http://www.peterowen.com/pages/nonfic/Peake.htm ''Mervyn Peake: The Man and his Art''] (with contributions by Joanne Harris, John Howe and [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Michael_Moorcock Michael Moorcock], among others) which came out in October 2006 from Peter Owen (London). With Rob Maslen he also edited ''Complete Nonsense'' by Mervyn Peake published by Carcanet (Manchester, England) in July 2011 (coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Peake's birth). |
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G. Peter Winnington is retired from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, where he lectured in modern English literature. He created and edited (1975–1984) The Mervyn Peake Review for the (now defunct) Mervyn Peake Society and then launched his own Peake Studies in 1988. He prepared the 1992 Overlook edition of Peake's Titus books, selecting the essays printed at the end of Titus Alone. His biography of Peake, Vast Alchemies (2000) was shortlisted for the Mythopoeic Society's Scholarship Award and his study of Peake's work, The Voice of the Heart, was published in 2006 by Liverpool UP (in the UK) and Chicago UP (in the USA). He edited Mervyn Peake: The Man and his Art (with contributions by Joanne Harris, John Howe and Michael Moorcock, among others) which came out in October 2006 from Peter Owen (London). With Rob Maslen he also edited Complete Nonsense by Mervyn Peake published by Carcanet (Manchester, England) in July 2011 (coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Peake's birth).