Michael Holroyd
Auteur van Bernard Shaw, Volume 1: 1856-1898; The Search for Love
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Michael Holroyd was born in London, England on August 27, 1935. He was educated at Eton College. He published his first book, a biography of writer Hugh Kingsmill, in 1964. He has also written the biographies of George Bernard Shaw, Augustus John, Lytton Strachey, and Ellen Terry and Henry Irving. toon meer His other works include Basil Street Blues, Mosaic, and A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers. He has received several awards including the Heywood Hill Literary Prize in 2001, the David Cohen British Prize for Literature in 2005, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography for A Strange Eventful History in 2009. He was knighted for his services to literature in 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) Michael Holroyd has written acclaimed biographies of Lytton Strachey, Augustus John, & Bernard Shaw. He lives in London & Somerset, England. (Publisher Provided) toon minder
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A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Their Remarkable Families (2008) 183 exemplaren
Lytton Strachey: a Critical Biography; Vol. 1, The Unknown Years (1880-1910) (1967) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 35 exemplaren
Lytton Strachey: a Critical Biography; Vol. 2, The Years of Achievement (1910-1932) (1968) — Auteur — 27 exemplaren
Lytton Strachey by himself 2 exemplaren
Ancestors in the Attic: Including My Great-Grandmother's Book of Ferns and My Aunt's Book of Silent Actors (2017) 2 exemplaren
Lytton Strachey (2 Volumes in slipcase): The Unknown Years, 1880-1910 & The Years of Achievement, 1910-1932 2 exemplaren
Gwen John (exhibition catalogue) 1 exemplaar
Mortification (ROBERTSON) 1 exemplaar
Essays by Diverse Hands : Being the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, New Series, Volume XLII (1982) 1 exemplaar
Bernard Shaw: The Search for Love, The Pursuit of Power, The Lure of Fantasy — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
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Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Medewerker — 186 exemplaren
English National Opera Guide : Britten : Peter Grimes : Gloriana (1983) — Medewerker — 24 exemplaren
Peterley Harvest: The Private Diary of David Peterley (Penguin Modern Classics) (1987) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 9 exemplaren
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- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Holroyd, Sir Michael De Courcy Fraser
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- 1935-08-27
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- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
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- London, England, UK
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- London, England, UK
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- Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England, UK
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- novelist
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editor - Relaties
- Drabble, Margaret (wife)
Byatt, A. S. (sister-in-law)
Langdon, Helen (sister-in-law) - Organisaties
- Society of Authors
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- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
David Cohen British Literature Prize (2005)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1989)
Knight Bachelor (2007)
The Heywood Hill Literary Prize (2001)
Golden PEN Award (2006) - Korte biografie
- The New York Times: Mr. Holroyd is best known for his biographies of Strachey, Bernard Shaw and the painter Augustus John. . . (He) is an impeccable writer and researcher, a man whose books are packed with intricate detail yet retain a buoyancy.
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