The Independent - London, November 23rd, 1994
Julian Gustave Symons, writer: born 30 May 1912; FRSL 1975; married 1941 Kathleen Clark (one son, and one daughter deceased); died 19 November 1994.
Julian Symons was the doyen of British crime-writers. His skill and success were amply rewarded in the latter part of his life: the Mystery Writers of America bestowed on him the "Grand Master award, as did the Swedish Academy of Detection; the British Crime Writers' Association awarded him the Cartier Diamond Dagger, in recognition of "a lifetime's achievement in the world of crime fiction - all honours which must surely have provoked as much as...
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