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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.
- The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant is the 1968 autobiography of British...
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Quentin S. Crisp (born 1972) is a British writer of fiction,...
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Actor: Orlando. Quentin Crisp was born Denis Pratt on Christmas Day, 1908, in the London suburb of Sutton. He was the youngest of four children; his father a lawyer; his mother a former nursery governess.
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- November 21, 1999
Quentin Crisp. Actor: Orlando. Quentin Crisp was born Denis Pratt on Christmas Day, 1908, in the London suburb of Sutton. He was the youngest of four children; his father a lawyer; his mother a former nursery governess.
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- Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Feb 1, 2019 · Celebrity? Artist? Guru? Philosopher? All fit; all fall short. Crisp, who died in 1999 less than a year after we spoke, was most famous for the 1975 BBC television film based on his--til then--largely ignored 1968 autobiography, The Naked Civil Servant.
Sep 11, 2019 · At the time, Quentin was arguably the world’s most celebrated gay author and raconteur, courtesy of his landmark autobiography The Naked Civil Servant, which had been published in 1968 and then made into a popular television drama broadcast on both British and U.S. television.
Quentin S. Crisp (born 1972) is a British writer of fiction, essays and poetry. His fiction often has a supernatural dimension, an otherworldly atmosphere or imaginative plot elements that defy a materialist view of realism.
The Naked Civil Servant is the 1968 autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp, adapted into a 1975 film of the same name starring John Hurt. The book began as a 1964 radio interview with Crisp conducted by his friend and fellow eccentric Philip O'Connor .
