birth_place birth_date gender article_title name occupation
solan , india 1941 female lin sampson
 lin sampson columnist
lin sampson

lin sampson -lrb- born 1941 -rrb- is a south african columnist who writes regularly for the `` sunday times '' magazine `` lifestyle '' .
sampson has also been published by other south african titles ; `` style '' , `` femina '' and `` fair lady '' .
outside of south africa she has been published by the london `` sunday times '' , `` the spectator '' , `` the guardian '' , `` the daily telegraph '' and `` the independent '' .
she was a resident in greece for several years and edited the english-language newspaper , `` athens news '' .
in 2005 she published `` now you 've gone and killed me '' , a collection of columns dating back to 1982 and with a foreword written by rian malan .
