Melvyn Bragg
Auteur van The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
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Melvyn Bragg is a British writer and broadcaster. His novels include The Hired Man, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, Without a City Wall, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, The Soldier's Return, winner of the WHSmith Literary Award, A Son of War and Crossing the Lines, both of toon meer which were longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and most recently Grace and Mary. He has also written several works of non-fiction, the latest being The Book of Books about the King James Bible. In 2015, his book The Adventure of English became a New York Times bestseller. He lives in London and Cumbria. (Publisher Provided) toon minder
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Werken van Melvyn Bragg
On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries from Archimedes to DNA (1998) 141 exemplaren
The Hired Man - Original London Cast (1984) - LP 1 exemplaar
Melvyn Bragg's Travels in Written Britain - (2) London and the Thames; Devil's Bible [DVD] 1 exemplaar
The South Bank Show - Frankenstein; Bookmark - The Further Adventures of Don Quixote [DVD] 1 exemplaar
Wilfrid (634-709) 1 exemplaar
Johnny and the Dead [VHS] 1 exemplaar
Jane Eyre 1 exemplaar
Velikáni výtvarného umenia 1 exemplaar
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Ecclesiastical History of the English People (0731) — Introductie, sommige edities — 3,455 exemplaren
The Prussian Officer and Other Stories (1914) — Redacteur, sommige edities; Introductie, sommige edities — 411 exemplaren
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Medewerker — 82 exemplaren
Coleridge Walks the Fells: A Lakeland Journey Retraced (1991) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 12 exemplaren
Reader's Digest Select Editions: Crisis Four • White • Void Moon • The Soldier's Return (2000) 3 exemplaren
An Artist's Story [1974 TV episode] 1 exemplaar
John Tavener beyond the veil [video recording] (2007) — Editor, Presenter, sommige edities — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Bragg, Melvyn
- Officiële naam
- Bragg, of Wigton in the County of Cumbria, Baron
- Geboortedatum
- 1939-10-06
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- England, UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Wigton, Cumbria, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Wigton, England, UK
- Opleiding
- University of Oxford (Wadham College)
- Beroepen
- journalist
television host
novelist
radio host - Relaties
- Haste, Cate (wife)
Bragg, Marie-Elsa (daughter) - Organisaties
- National Academy of Writing
British Broadcasting Corporation
London Weekend Television
ITV
Garrick Club (member) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1968)
Time/Life Silver Pen Award (1970)
WH Smith Literary Award (2000)
Life Peerage (Baron Bragg ∙ 1998)
Norton Medlicott Medal (2009)
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 63
- Ook door
- 14
- Leden
- 5,009
- Populariteit
- #5,004
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 92
- ISBNs
- 298
- Talen
- 10
- Favoriet
- 5