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David Cook

デイヴィッド・クック

Deividdo Kooku

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1940-09-21 （Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom）
Died
2015-09-16 age 74
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
London

Career

Occupations
Author, Screenwriter, Actor, Television presenter
Active Years
1962-2015

Education

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Drama
Period: 1959-1961
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

Hawthornden Prize
1978
Work: Walter
Organization: Hawthornden Foundation
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Walter

1978 Novel

A novel about a young man with learning disabilities.

learning disabilitiessocietyfamily
Adaptations
  • [Television film] Walter / Stephen Frears (1982)

Winter Doves

Novel

Follow-up novel to Walter, also filmed.

disabilitiesreproductive rights
Adaptations
  • [Film] Winter Doves / Ian McKellen主演

Missing Persons

1986 Novel

Novel that formed the basis for the TV series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.

mysteryfamily
Adaptations
  • [TV series] Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Walter Now

2009 Radio play

Walter as a pensioner, focusing on reproductive rights for people with learning disabilities.

agingreproductive rights

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realismpsychological depth
Recurring Motifs
disabilitiessocial alienation

Legacy

Best known as the first presenter of the UK TV programme Rainbow and for his novel Walter, which won the Hawthornden Prize and was adapted for screen.

In Popular Culture

  • First presenter of the children's TV show Rainbow.

Trivia

  • Presented the first two series of Rainbow, leaving in 1973 to focus on writing.
  • Long-term partner was novelist John Bowen.