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Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; 25 December 1908 – 21 November 1999) was an English raconteur, whose work in the public eye included a memoir of his life and various media appearances. Before becoming well known, he was an artist's model, hence the title of his most famous work, The Naked Civil Servant.
11 wrz 2019 · I first met Quentin Crisp in New York City in the mid ‘90s while I was on a promotional junket for my former publishing company. Mr. Crisp lived in a modest hovel on the east side of Manhattan, which he kept alarmingly unkempt for Britain’s “most famous fairy” (his words).
Quentin Crisp, właściwie Denis Charles Pratt (ur. 25 grudnia 1908 w Sutton, zm. 21 listopada 1999 w Manchesterze) – angielski pisarz i aktor. Urodził się w Sutton (hrabstwo Surrey w Anglii) jako czwarte dziecko prawnika Spencera Pratta i guwernantki Marion Pratt.
1 lut 2019 · Although he faced harassment and abuse every single day, Crisp decided as a young man to live out his identity publicly, in a grand way, even outrageously, dying his hair scarlet, donning thick make-up and wearing colorful gender non-conforming clothes in a repressive England of the 1920s and 30s.
13 lut 2023 · AN actor whose one-man show explores the life story of flamboyant raconteur and gay icon Quentin Crisp is delighted that it has now been going for almost a decade. Mark Farrelly believes the secret of its success is Crisp’s own philosophy to always be your true self.
12 lis 2020 · From a young age, Quentin Crisp was determined to be himself—makeup, painted nails, dramatically dyed hair, and all—even if it consigned him to a life of poverty and isolation. Hear the author, raconteur, and provocateur in a 1970 conversation with Studs Terkel before he found late-in-life fame.
28 gru 2011 · Despite publicly stating that he didn’t believe in friends though, Quentin had a number of close friends with whom he shared his life.” Quentin’s life can easily be divided into two: the long period before his fame and the shorter period thereafter.
