Peter Ackroyd (1) (1949–)
Autor(a) de London: The Biography
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About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Peter Ackroyd
Revolution: The History of England from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo (2016) 340 cópias
Dominion: The History of England from the Battle of Waterloo to Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (2018) 254 cópias
The Canterbury Tales 1 exemplar(es)
Peter Ackroyd 5 Books Collection Set History of England Series Vol 1-5 (Foundation, Tudors, Civil War, Revolution,… (2020) 1 exemplar(es)
Jack the Ripper and the East End 1 exemplar(es)
Dickens - (1) Secrets; (2) Blazing Away [DVD] 1 exemplar(es)
Dickens - (3) Terror to the End [DVD] 1 exemplar(es)
Charles Dickens (2003): Uncovering the Real Dickens (2002)/ David Copperfield (1999)/ A Christmas Carol (2002) 1 exemplar(es)
Dickens (dvd) 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus (1741) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 193 cópias
Method and theory : proceedings of the London 1985 Achaemenid history workshop (1988) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Nome de batismo
- Ackroyd, Peter Warwick
- Data de nascimento
- 1949-10-05
East Acton, London - Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- East Acton, Middlesex, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- London, England, UK
- Educação
- Clare College, University of Cambridge (MA|1971)
Yale University (Mellon Fellow 1972-1973)
St. Benedict's School, Ealing - Ocupação
- novelist
biographer
tv writer/presenter
poet
historian
critic - Relacionamentos
- Kuhn, Brian (partner)
- Organizações
- The Spectator
The Times - Premiações
- 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) (mostrar todas 7)
Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006) - Agente
- Sheil Land Associates Ltd
- Pequena 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).
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Discussions
Group Read: Peter Ackroyd - History of England series em 2015 Category Challenge (Julho 2018)
1001 Group Read - January, 2013: Hawksmoor em 1001 Books to read before you die (Agosto 2013)
Resenhas
The Lambs Of London de Peter Ackroyd
Lightly based on the lives of Charles and his sister Mary Lamb (you know the ones: of 'Tales from Shakespeare' fame, this is nevertheless fiction. It's an account of how Mary emerges from her limited life of domesticity upon meeting young antiquarian William Ireland. Ireland has apparently made discoveries of his own: and found among a patron's papers a hitherto unknown play by William Shakespeare no less. What happens next? You'll have to read it to find out. But en route you'll be absorbed into the life of 19th century London, and will puzzle to disentangle fact from fiction. All whilst having a jolly good read.… (mais)
This is more of a Cliff Notes style approach to history than the books by Dan Jones. If you just want a basic history of England, without too much detail, this would be a good book for it.
A twist on the classic tale iwth lots of nods to literary figures of the times
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- 80
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- Membros
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- Popularidade
- #698
- Avaliação
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- Resenhas
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- ISBNs
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- Idiomas
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