Herald Tribune​

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Paris, 22nd April

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William Sansom, 64, whose account of his experiences as an auxiliary London fireman during the German bomber blitz in 1940-41 began his career as a writer, died yesterday, his publishers announced.

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Mr Sansom’s most recent book was a biography of Marcel Proust, “Proust and His World”, published in 1974. Anatole Broyard wrote in the New York Times:

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“Mr Sansom would seem to be peculiarly suited for this task, for sensuous impressions and compulsive observation are the principal virtues of his own fiction and his rather better-known travel pieces.”

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Mr Sansom, a prolific writer of short stories, also did novels, stories for children, song lyrics and light music.

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His books include “The Cautious Heart”, “The Body”, “The Face of Innocence”, “The Loving Eye”. “Goodbye”. “Three”, “A Bed of Roses” and “A Touch of the Sun”.

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