Michael Holroyd
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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. näytä lisää 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) näytä vähemmän
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A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Their Remarkable Families (2008) 183 kappaletta
Lytton Strachey: a Critical Biography; Vol. 1, The Unknown Years (1880-1910) (1967) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset — 35 kappaletta
Lytton Strachey: a Critical Biography; Vol. 2, The Years of Achievement (1910-1932) (1968) — Tekijä — 26 kappaletta
Lytton Strachey by himself 2 kappaletta
Ancestors in the Attic: Including My Great-Grandmother's Book of Ferns and My Aunt's Book of Silent Actors (2017) 2 kappaletta
Lytton Strachey (2 Volumes in slipcase): The Unknown Years, 1880-1910 & The Years of Achievement, 1910-1932 2 kappaletta
Gwen John (exhibition catalogue) 1 kappale
Mortification (ROBERTSON) 1 kappale
Bernard Shaw: The Search for Love, The Pursuit of Power, The Lure of Fantasy — Tekijä — 1 kappale
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Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Avustaja — 186 kappaletta
Peterley Harvest: The Private Diary of David Peterley (Penguin Modern Classics) (1987) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset — 9 kappaletta
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- Muut nimet
- Holroyd, Sir Michael De Courcy Fraser
- Syntymäaika
- 1935-08-27
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- London, England, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- London, England, UK
- Koulutus
- Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England, UK
- Ammatit
- novelist
essayist
biographer
editor - Suhteet
- Drabble, Margaret (wife)
Byatt, A. S. (sister-in-law)
Langdon, Helen (sister-in-law) - Organisaatiot
- Society of Authors
The Book Trust
English PEN - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- 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) - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- 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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