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Sat 02 Feb 2009Gifted writer whose voice burst out of the silence
Christopher Nolan:CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, who has died aged 43, was an award-winning writer whose first book, a volume of poetry, was published when he was only 15. The writer, who suffered from cerebral palsy due to being deprived of oxygen during his birth, used a pointer attached to his head to write.
His second book, an autobiography told in the third person entitled Under the Eye of the Clock, was published when he was 22. It was granted the prestigious Whitbread Book of the Year award in 1988.
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