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Rachel Lichtenstein is a writer, artist and archivist.
In 1999 she wrote ''
Rodinsky's Room
''Rodinsky's Room'' () is a non-fiction book by the British authors Rachel Lichtenstein and Iain Sinclair, first published by Granta Books in 1999. Sections are written alternately by each author. It tells the story of Lichtenstein's attempts to u ...
'' with Iain Sinclair
Iain Sinclair FRSL (born 11 June 1943) is a writer and filmmaker. Much of his work is rooted in London, recently within the influences of psychogeography. Biography Education
Sinclair was born in Cardiff in 1943. From 1956 to 1961, he was educate ...
, and since then she has published ''Rodinsky's Whitechapel'' (1999) and ''On Brick Lane
Brick Lane (Bengali: ব্রিক লেন) is a street in the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busiest ...
'' (2007). This last will be joined by two other books, ''Hatton Garden
Hatton Garden is a street and commercial zone in the Holborn district of the London Borough of Camden, abutting the narrow precinct of Saffron Hill which then abuts the City of London. It takes its name from Sir Christopher Hatton, a favourit ...
'' and ''Portobello Road
Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from south to north, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. On Saturdays it is ...
'' to form a trilogy on London street markets.
In 2003, she became the British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the British ...
's first ''Pearson Creative Research Fellow'', producing a work entitled ''Add. 17469: A Little Dust Whispered'' – both as an installation within the Library, and a subsequent book.
Works
;Books *''Rodinsky's Room
''Rodinsky's Room'' () is a non-fiction book by the British authors Rachel Lichtenstein and Iain Sinclair, first published by Granta Books in 1999. Sections are written alternately by each author. It tells the story of Lichtenstein's attempts to u ...
'', with Iain Sinclair
Iain Sinclair FRSL (born 11 June 1943) is a writer and filmmaker. Much of his work is rooted in London, recently within the influences of psychogeography. Biography Education
Sinclair was born in Cardiff in 1943. From 1956 to 1961, he was educate ...
(Granta Books, 1999)
*''Rodinsky's Whitechapel'', (Granta Books, 1999)
*''On Brick Lane'',
*''Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden''(2012)
*''Estuary: Out from London to the Sea' (Hamish Hamilton, 2016)
;Installations
*''Shoah'' (1993)
*''Add. 17469: A Little Dust Whispered'' (2003)
See also
*Museum of Immigration and Diversity
The Museum of Immigration and Diversity is a museum at 19 Princelet Street in Spitalfields, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. The Grade II* listed building in which the museum is located was a house built in 1719 for the Huguenot ...
References
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