About Celia Fremlin
Lived 1914 – 2009 (aged 94). Celia Fremlin was a British writer and novelist.
Celia Margaret Fremlin (20 June 1914 – 16 June 2009) was an English writer of mystery fiction.
Life Celia was born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, England. She was the daughter of Heaver Fremlin and Margaret Addiscott.
Fremlin was involved in Mass-Observation during the war, and published War Factory with Tom Harrisson in 1943. In 1983 civil proceedings were brought against her as one of the five members of the EXIT Executive committee which had published A Guide to Self Deliverance, but the court refused to declare the booklet unlawful.
She was also involved with the Progressive League. Notably, her 1959 book Uncle Paul was republished by Faber & Faber in the UK in June 2023.
Death She died on 16 June 2009 in Bournemouth.
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British writer (1914–2009)
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Celia Fremlin was born on 20 June 1914 in Kingsbury, London.
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Celia Fremlin died on 16 June 2009 in Bournemouth.
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Celia Fremlin was a writer and novelist.
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