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| − | Noted biographer, novelist and critic. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award ('The Last Testament of [[Oscar Wilde]]' (1984)) and two Whitbread Awards ('Hawksmoor' (1985) and 'T.S. Elliot' (1984)), among other awards. | + | Noted biographer, novelist and critic. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award ('The Last Testament of [[Oscar Wilde]]' (1984)) and two Whitbread Awards ('Hawksmoor' (1985) and 'T.S. Elliot' (1984)), among other awards. Other notable biographies include [[William Shakespeare]], Dickens, and Blake. Author of the book 'Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day' (2017). |
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | * [[Prominent Biographers Who are LGBTQ]] | ||
| + | * [[Literary Critics and Editors Who Identify as LGBTQ]] | ||
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| + | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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| + | * http://literature.britishcouncil.org/peter-ackroyd | ||
| + | * http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/04/biography.peterackroyd | ||
| + | * http://www.newstatesman.com/2014/04/tears-clown | ||
| + | * https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/29/queer-city-gay-london-romans-present-day-peter-ackroyd-review | ||
Latest revision as of 19:48, 23 April 2019
Contents
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1949 -
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
CBE, FRSL
Description
Noted biographer, novelist and critic. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award ('The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde' (1984)) and two Whitbread Awards ('Hawksmoor' (1985) and 'T.S. Elliot' (1984)), among other awards. Other notable biographies include William Shakespeare, Dickens, and Blake. Author of the book 'Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day' (2017).
