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'''Linda Proud''' (born July 9th, 1949) is an English writer on cultural and philosophical themes, including ''The Botticelli Trilogy]'' – three novels set in [[Renaissance]] [[Florence]].

== Biography ==
 

(contracted; show full)y robbed the job of its skill and pleasure. She now teaches creative writing to students of [[Sarah Lawrence College]] (Oxford programme) and acts as an editor for a major literary consultancy. She lectures frequently both on creative writing and the Renaissance, and often leads study tours in Italy. With her husband she founded Godstow Press in 2003 to publish creative literature that chimes with their philosophy.

== Philosophy ==
 
Linda Proud’s independent thinking sits well with a westernised form of 
[[Advaita Vedanta]], which, for her, is a contemporary equivalent of neoplatonism. This ‘philosophy of unity’, in which all things are an expression of the One, allows her to find common ground with people of all faiths and denominations. That her life has turned out so well given its start of low expectations, that she has fulfilled all ambitions, that she teaches at university level without any qualifications other than her published works, she gives credit to philosophy and the daily practice of meditation.

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