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He is a regular panellist on '' The News Quiz '' and '' Call My Bluff '' and writes both his own and the ''Notebook'' columns for '' The Times ''. Coren was editor of '' Punch '' from 1978 to 1987, and of '' The Listener '' from 1987 to 1989, and he has also written for '' Penthouse '' and '' The Daily Mail ''. Coren also wrote an unsuccessful vehicle for Leonard Rossiter in 1978, ''The Loser'', about a boxing promoter.

His son Giles Coren and daughter Victoria Coren have both followed him into journalism.

On the 15 June 2007 episode of " The News Quiz ", Coren said that he edits his own entry on Wikipedia every morning just so he can change his date of birth to make himself appear younger. There are a number of references to his being born in 1939 Fantastic Fiction: Alan Coren 1939 Alan Coren: a brief biography Anecdote Alan Coren Golfing for Cats Coren, Alan (1939-) Media quotations:C: Alan Coren:1939- ; British humorous writer (with picture) British Writer Quotes: Alan Coren Quotes 1939- .
After a break in columns from April to December, 2006, he announced in his Christmas 2006 column for '' The Times '' that he had been a victim of Necrotising Fasciitis .1


PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • ''Waiting for Jeffrey'' (Robson Books, 2002) ISBN 1-86105-595-1

  • ''The Cricklewood Tapestry'' (Robson Books, 2000) ISBN 1-86105-374-6

  • ''The Cricklewood Dome'' (1998)

  • ''Alan Coren Omnibus'' (1996)

  • ''A Bit on the Side'' (1995)

  • ''Alan Coren's Sunday Best'' (1993)

  • ''Toujours Cricklewood?'' (1993)

  • ''A Year in Cricklewood'' (1991)

  • ''More Like Old Times'' (1990)

  • ''Seems Like Old Times: a Year in the Life of Alan Coren'' (1989)

  • ''Bumf'' (1984)

  • ''The Cricklewood Diet'' (1982)

  • ''Tissues for Men'' (1981)

  • ''Rhinestone as Big as the Ritz'' (1979)

  • ''Lady from Stalingrad Mansions'' (1978)

  • ''All Except The Bastard'' (1978)

  • ''Golfing for Cats'' (1975)

  • ''The Sanity Inspector'' (1974)

  • ''Idi Amin Bulletins'' (Punch 1973)

  • ''The Dog It Was That Died'' (1965)



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