Rachel Lichtenstein

Rachel Lichtenstein is a writer, artist and archivist.^[1]

In 1999 she wrote Rodinsky's Room with Iain Sinclair, and since then she has published Rodinsky's Whitechapel (1999) and On Brick Lane (2007).^[2] This last will be joined by two other books, Hatton Garden and Portobello Road to form a trilogy on London street markets.

In 2003, she became the British Library's first Pearson Creative Research Fellow, producing a work entitled Add. 17469: A Little Dust Whispered – both as an installation within the Library, and a subsequent book.^[1]

Works

Books

Rodinsky's Room, with Iain Sinclair (Granta Books, 1999)
Rodinsky's Whitechapel, (Granta Books, 1999)
On Brick Lane,^[3] {Hamish Hamilton, 2007}
Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden(2012)^[4]
Estuary: Out from London to the Sea' (Hamish Hamilton, 2016)

Installations

Shoah (1993)
Add. 17469: A Little Dust Whispered (2003)

References

^ ^a ^b "A Little Dust Whispered". Bl.uk. 8 December 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ Hilary Spurling (18 August 2007). "Review: On Brick Lane by Rachel Lichtenstein | Books | The Observer". Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ On Brick Lane was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize.
^ "Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden by Rachel Lichtenstein – review". 23 June 2012.