Peter Ackroyd (1) (1949–)
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Sull'Autore
Peter Ackroyd was born in London in 1949. He graduated from Cambridge University and was a Fellow at Yale (1971-1973). A critically acclaimed and versatile writer, Ackroyd began his career while at Yale, publishing two volumes of poetry. He continued writing poetry until he began delving into mostra altro historical fiction with The Great Fire of London (1982). A constant theme in Ackroyd's work is the blending of past, present, and future, often paralleling the two in his biographies and novels. Much of Ackroyd's work explores the lives of celebrated authors such as Dickens, Milton, Eliot, Blake, and More. Ackroyd's approach is unusual, injecting imagined material into traditional biographies. In The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983), his work takes on an autobiographical form in his account of Wilde's final years. He was widely praised for his believable imitation of Wilde's style. He was awarded the British Whitbread Award for biography in 1984 of T.S. Eliot, and the Whitbread Award for fiction in 1985 for his novel Hawksmoor. Ackroyd currently lives in London and publishes one or two books a year. He still considers poetry to be his first love, seeing his novels as an extension of earlier poetic work. (Bowker Author Biography) Peter Ackroyd is the award-winning author of four biographies, most recently the national bestseller "The Life of Thomas More", as well as ten novels, including "Chatterton" & "Hawksmoor". He lives in London, where he is at work on his next book, "London: The Biography. (Publisher Provided) Peter Ackroyd is a bestselling writer of both fiction and nonfiction. He lives in London. (Publisher Provided) mostra meno
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Opere di Peter Ackroyd
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (2011) 1,275 copie, 31 recensioni
Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution (2014) 507 copie, 17 recensioni
Revolution: The History of England from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo (2016) 352 copie, 7 recensioni
Dominion: The History of England from the Battle of Waterloo to Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (2018) 261 copie, 2 recensioni
The Canterbury Tales 1 copia
Peter Ackroyd 5 Books Collection Set History of England Series Vol 1-5 (Foundation, Tudors, Civil War, Revolution,… (2020) 1 copia
Jack the Ripper and the East End 1 copia
Brief Lives: Newton 1 copia
The Life of Thomas More r 1 copia
Dickens (dvd) 1 copia
Opere correlate
Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 (1950) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 1,484 copie, 17 recensioni
The East End: Four Centuries of London Life (1989) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 43 copie, 1 recensione
Method and theory : proceedings of the London 1985 Achaemenid history workshop (1988) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Nome legale
- Ackroyd, Peter Warwick
- Data di nascita
- 1949-10-05
East Acton, London - Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- East Acton, Middlesex, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Clare College, University of Cambridge (MA|1971)
Yale University (Mellon Fellow 1972-1973)
St. Benedict's School, Ealing - Attività lavorative
- novelist
biographer
tv writer/presenter
poet
historian
critic - Relazioni
- Kuhn, Brian (partner)
- Organizzazioni
- The Spectator
The Times - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Mellon Fellow
British Book Award (1991)
Commander, Order of the British Empire (2003)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1984)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1998)
Whitbread Prize for Biography (1984) (mostra tutto 7)
Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006) - Agente
- Sheil Land Associates Ltd
- Breve biografia
- Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning novelist, broadcaster, biographer, poet and historian. He is the author of London Under and the bestselling London: The Biography and Thames: Sacred River. He has won a number of accolades including the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society of Literature’s William Heinemann Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award. He holds a CBE for services to literature (The Browser).
Utenti
Discussioni
Group Read: Peter Ackroyd - History of England series in 2015 Category Challenge (Luglio 2018)
1001 Group Read - January, 2013: Hawksmoor in 1001 Books to read before you die (Agosto 2013)
Recensioni
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I 345 chilometri del fiume sono rivisitati in chiave storica, paesaggistica, antropologica, letteraria.
Appassionanti i capitoli su arte e letteratura, giacché il Tamigi compare in innumerevoli opere poetiche e di narrativa e ha ispirato diversi pittori. Oltre a Pope, Shelley, Dickens e Conrad, il fiume è stato lo scenario dell'Alice di Lewis Carroll e delle avventure dei Tre uomini in barca di Jerome K. Jerome.… (altro)
I 345 chilometri del fiume sono rivisitati in chiave storica, paesaggistica, antropologica, letteraria.
Appassionanti i capitoli su arte e letteratura, giacché il Tamigi compare in innumerevoli opere poetiche e di narrativa e ha ispirato diversi pittori. Oltre a Pope, Shelley, Dickens e Conrad, il fiume è stato lo scenario dell'Alice di Lewis Carroll e delle avventure dei Tre uomini in barca di Jerome K. Jerome.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 83
- Opere correlate
- 19
- Utenti
- 28,990
- Popolarità
- #688
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 648
- ISBN
- 736
- Lingue
- 25
- Preferito da
- 79
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