Dawn Foster
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Born | Dawn Hayley Foster[1] 12 September 1986[2] Newport, Wales |
Died | 9 July 2021 (aged 34) London, England |
Occupation | Writer, broadcaster |
Alma mater | University of Warwick |
Dawn Hayley Foster (12 September 1986 – 9 July 2021)[2] was a British journalist, broadcaster, and author. She was a staff writer for Jacobin magazine.[3] She also contributed to Inside Housing,[2] the Times Literary Supplement, The Independent,[4] The Nation,[5] Tribune,[5] and The Guardian,[6] in the United States.
Early and personal life[]
Foster was born in and grew up in Newport, South Wales.[2] In articles for Child Poverty Action Group and The Guardian, she wrote that she grew up in poverty in an unemployed family. She attended Caerleon Comprehensive School and Bassaleg High School before going on to study English literature at Warwick University.[7]
Foster was based in South West London. She was a Roman Catholic.[8] Foster suffered from epilepsy and schwannomatosis, and wrote about being disabled.[9]
Foster's friends and colleagues announced her death on 15 July 2021, at the age of 34.[10][11] Foster had been discharged from hospital on 9 July and was found in her home, having died suddenly of complications related to her long-term health problems.[6] Tributes were paid by fellow political commentators and journalists on social media. A number of politicians, including Jeremy Corbyn, Mary Lou McDonald, Angela Rayner, and John McDonnell, expressed their condolences.[12]
Books[]
Foster's first book, Lean Out, was published in January 2016 by Repeater Books. According to Foster's obituary in The Guardian, she had been working on a second book, Where Will We Live?, about the history of and solutions to the housing crisis: she had one chapter left to write before being sidelined by illness.[2] According to her biography in the London Review of Books, she was working on another book, a cultural history of the dole.[13]
Awards and influence[]
Foster was awarded the International Building Press Prize for Young Journalist of the Year in 2014, was named Non-traditional Journalist of the Year at the inaugural Words by Women Awards,[14] longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils in 2017,[15] and shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award 2017.[16] In September 2017, Foster was listed at Number 82 in "The 100 Most Influential People on the Left" by political commentator Iain Dale.[17]
Bibliography[]
- Lean Out Repeater Books, 2016.ISBN 9781910924020[18]
References[]
- ^ The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan [@DawnHFoster] (23 May 2014). "@chrisbrooke @sianberry (Hayley) And she won her election" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e McCabe, Jess (5 August 2021). "Dawn Foster obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Dawn Foster". Jacobin magazine. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ Foster, Dawn. "Articles by Dawn Foster". The Independent. London. Retrieved 5 January 2017.[dead link]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Dawn Foster". tribunemag.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Topping, Alexandra (15 July 2021). "Tributes paid to writer Dawn Foster, who has died aged 34". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Warwick hosts journo conference - The Boar". theboar.org. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ Foster, Dawn (5 February 2018). "Secret Freemasons should have no place in public life". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "#Hospitalglam shows body-positive campaigns work for chronic sickness too". The Guardian. London. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ James B [@piercepenniless] (15 July 2021). "We are immensely saddened to announce that our dear friend @DawnHFoster died suddenly at home this week, related to her long-term illness. I, and I know many of you, loved her deeply, and it is a terrible loss. t.co/4MXDtLiC02" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Topping, Alexandra (15 July 2021). "Tributes paid to writer Dawn Foster, who has died aged 34". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Moody, Tom (15 July 2021). "Tributes paid to Newport author and journalist Dawn Foster". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Dawn Foster · LRB". www.lrb.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ Belam, Martin (22 March 2016). "Words By Women awards make their mark with celebration of solidarity". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "The Orwell Prize Longlist". The Orwell Foundation. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Onwuemezi, Natasha (8 May 2017). "Younge and Foster on Bread & Roses shortlist". The Bookseller. London. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Dale, Iain (25 September 2017). "The 100 Most Influential People On The Left: Iain Dale's 2017 List". LBC. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Foster, Dawn (2016). Lean Out. Repeater Books. ISBN 9781910924020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
External links[]
- 1986 births
- 2021 deaths
- 21st-century Welsh women writers
- 21st-century women writers from Northern Ireland
- Alumni of the University of Warwick
- Anti-poverty advocates
- British socialists
- British journalists
- British Roman Catholics
- The Guardian journalists
- The Independent people
- People from Newport, Wales
- People with epilepsy
- Socialist feminists
- Welsh people of Irish descent
- Writers from Belfast
- People educated at Bassaleg School
- People educated at Caerleon Comprehensive School