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Author Jenny Diski, diagnosed with inoperable cancer, dies aged 68

Written By Unknown on Thursday, April 28, 2016 | 6:09 AM

Prolific novelist and essayist who wrote a regular column about her diagnosis with inoperable cancer for the London Review of Books, has passed away

The author Jenny Diski, who has written a serialised diary about her inoperable cancer since she was diagnosed in 2014, has died.

The news was announced on Twitter by Diski’s partner, Ian Patterson, who she referred to in her writing as “the Poet”. “Sad news. My darling Jenny @diski died early this morning,” tweeted Patterson, to an avalanche of condolences from his fellow writers.

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