Catherine Heath

Catherine Heath (17 November 1924 – 27 October 1991) was a British novelist. An obituary in The Daily Telegraph called her work "gentle and witty, full of cool observations about human behaviour."^[1]

Biography

Heath was born Catherine Hirsch in Hendon, Middlesex, the daughter of Dutch immigrants Samuel and Anna de Boer Hirsch.^[2] She was educated at Henda County School then St Hilda's College, Oxford,^[3] where she studied English under Helen Gardner. In 1948, she married Denis Heath; they were divorced in 1980. Also in 1948, she became an assistant lecturer in the University of Wales.

Her novels stone Walls and The Vulture received positive reviews from critics.^[4]

Works

• Stone Walls (1973)
• The Vulture (1974)
• Joseph and the Goths (1975)
• Lady on the Burning Deck (1978)
• Behaving Badly (1984)

References

1. "Obituary of Catherine Heath". The Daily Telegraph. 11 November 1991.
2. Halio, Jay L., ed. (1983). British Novelists Since 1960: H-Z. Gale Research. p. 381. ISBN 9780810309272. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. New Poetry - Volume 3. Arts Council of Great Britain. 1977. ISBN 9780728701465. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
4. Selection of Recent Books Published in Great Britain 1940-Apr. 1941. 1976. Retrieved 10 April 2023.