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    This interesting literary figure, said to have been born in England but transplanted to another country, remained unsung during his lifetime but was supposedly "discovered" posthumously when a relative sent his work to a journal. Later, it emerged that the writer had been an invention, and the ensuing uproar embarrassed several people. Who was this figure, and what book by a distinguished novelist in the country in question was inspired by him?

    Question #87033. Asked by lanfranco. (Oct 08 07 4:30 PM)


    deadlydalton

    		When you mention "said" to be born in England,is it not certain he was born in England?

    What do you mean by "transplanted"?

    Oct 08 07, 6:14 PM
    lanfranco

    		Given that he was invented, everything about his life must be understood as merely "said."

    Oct 08 07, 7:12 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Ern Malley? "Peter Carey's novel My Life as a Fake draws some of its inspiration from the Ern Malley affair. Elliot Perlman recounts the tale of the Ern Malley hoax in his 2003 novel Seven Types of Ambiguity. In 2005, "The Black Swan of Trespass", a surrealist play about the real life of a self-admittedly fictional Ern Malley by Lally Katz and Chris Kohn, premiered at the Melbourne Malthouse Theatre."




    http://jacketmagazine.com/17/ern-dl.html


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern_Malley

    Oct 08 07, 8:25 PM
    lanfranco

    		Yes, indeed, zbeck, Ern Malley is the answer, so you get a silver quill pen. (Well, maybe it's not REAL silver ....)

    Oct 09 07, 5:05 PM

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