Peter Ackroyd (1) (1949–)
Auteur van London: The Biography
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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (2011) 1,295 exemplaren, 31 besprekingen
Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I (2012) 880 exemplaren, 18 besprekingen
Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution (2014) 513 exemplaren, 17 besprekingen
Revolution: The History of England from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo (2016) 359 exemplaren, 7 besprekingen
Dominion: The History of England from the Battle of Waterloo to Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (2018) 263 exemplaren, 2 besprekingen
Dressing Up: Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession (1979) 65 exemplaren, 3 besprekingen
William Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits 2 exemplaren
The Canterbury Tales 1 exemplaar
Peter Ackroyd 5 Books Collection Set History of England Series Vol 1-5 (Foundation, Tudors, Civil War, Revolution,… (2020) 1 exemplaar
Jack the Ripper and the East End 1 exemplaar
Dickens - (1) Secrets; (2) Blazing Away [DVD] 1 exemplaar
Dickens - (3) Terror to the End [DVD] 1 exemplaar
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The Life of Thomas More r 1 exemplaar
Dickens (dvd) 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Officiële naam
- Ackroyd, Peter Warwick
- Geboortedatum
- 1949-10-05
East Acton, London - Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- East Acton, Middlesex, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- London, England, UK
- Opleiding
- Clare College, University of Cambridge (MA|1971)
Yale University (Mellon Fellow 1972-1973)
St. Benedict's School, Ealing - Beroepen
- novelist
biographer
tv writer/presenter
poet
historian
critic - Relaties
- Kuhn, Brian (partner)
- Organisaties
- The Spectator
The Times - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- 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) (toon alle 7)
Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006) - Agent
- Sheil Land Associates Ltd
- Korte biografie
- 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).
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Group Read: Peter Ackroyd - History of England series in 2015 Category Challenge (juli 2018)
1001 Group Read - January, 2013: Hawksmoor in 1001 Books to read before you die (augustus 2013)
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