Stan Gebler Davies
Stanley Gebler Davies (Dublin, 16 July 1943 - Dalkey, Ireland, 23 June 1994) was an Irish journalist with the Irish Independent as well as with various British magazines (including Punch, The Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator).[1] Of part-Polish and part-Jewish ancestry, Davies was known for his eccentric views and for his exceptional alcohol intake. In the late 1970s the Evening Standard printed his pithy, 50-word apercus among their longer items; he was also permitted to call Hans Keller a 'twat' on the letters pages of The Listener. As well as his writing (which included a book on James Joyce), he engaged in political activity, having been an Unionist candidate for the constituency of Cork South–West (where he was living at the time) in the Dáil election of 1987. [2] He died after a long battle with lung cancer.
Notes
- ^ "Obituary Stanley Gebler Davis" by John Calder, The Independent, Friday, 24 June 1994
- ^ http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=3606 Dáil Election 1987 - Cork South–West
Further reading
- Obituary in: Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1995) The Daily Telegraph Book of Obituaries. Macmillan ; pp. 330-333