RIP Thomas M. Disch 1940-2008
Jul. 7th, 2008 12:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ap_aelfwineThomas M. Disch committed suicide two days ago in his Manhattan apartment.
He is reported to have suffered from chronic depression, and to have been fighting his landlord's attempt to evict him from his rent-stabilised apartment. His partner of thirty years, Charles Naylor, died in 2004.
He was a year older than my parents, and involved in a struggle with some of the worst aspects of our society. He lived on Union Square--I'm sure I've passed his residence by many times. Words are failing right now to express fully how angry it makes me that he had to die like this.
I was never a great fan of his works, and I disagreed with his criticisms of a number of authors whose works I have enjoyed and/or admired, but I have always respected his craft and the unflinching honesty with which he expressed his opinions. We are all poorer for the loss of him.
God rest him. May he find peace.
ETA:Locus Obituary
He is reported to have suffered from chronic depression, and to have been fighting his landlord's attempt to evict him from his rent-stabilised apartment. His partner of thirty years, Charles Naylor, died in 2004.
He was a year older than my parents, and involved in a struggle with some of the worst aspects of our society. He lived on Union Square--I'm sure I've passed his residence by many times. Words are failing right now to express fully how angry it makes me that he had to die like this.
I was never a great fan of his works, and I disagreed with his criticisms of a number of authors whose works I have enjoyed and/or admired, but I have always respected his craft and the unflinching honesty with which he expressed his opinions. We are all poorer for the loss of him.
God rest him. May he find peace.
ETA:Locus Obituary
