Gillian Tindall
British writer and historian (1938–2025)
Died aged 87TaurusUnited Kingdom
Biography
Gillian Elizabeth Tindall (4 May 1938 – 1 October 2025) was a British writer and historian. Among her books are City of Gold: The Biography of Bombay (1992) and Celestine: Voices from a French Village (1997). Her novel Fly Away Home won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1972. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, Tindall worked as a journalist, writing stories for The Guardian, the Evening Standard, The Times, and The Independent, and for many years was a regular guest on the BBC Radio 3 arts discussion programme, Critics' Forum.
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Family
- Parents
- Dennis Hamilton TindallUrsula Orange
Awards & honours (2)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Somerset Maugham Award
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- Gillian Tindall died on October 1, 2025 at the age of 87.
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- Gillian Tindall was born on May 4, 1938.
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- Gillian Tindall was born in London.
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- Gillian Tindall's zodiac sign is Taurus.
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