Melvyn Bragg
Auteur de The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Melvyn Bragg
On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries from Archimedes to DNA (1998) 141 exemplaires
Memorable Leaders in Christian History: Hild (614-680) 5 exemplaires
The Hired Man - Original London Cast (1984) - LP 1 exemplaire
Melvyn Bragg's Travels in Written Britain - (2) London and the Thames; Devil's Bible [DVD] 1 exemplaire
The South Bank Show - Frankenstein; Bookmark - The Further Adventures of Don Quixote [DVD] 1 exemplaire
Wilfrid (634-709) 1 exemplaire
Johnny and the Dead [VHS] 1 exemplaire
Jane Eyre 1 exemplaire
Velikáni výtvarného umenia 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Histoire ecclésiastique du peuple anglais (0731) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 3,479 exemplaires
L'Officier prussien et autres nouvelles (1914) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions; Introduction, quelques éditions — 415 exemplaires
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Contributeur — 82 exemplaires
Coleridge Walks the Fells: A Lakeland Journey Retraced (1991) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 12 exemplaires
Reader's Digest Select Editions: Crisis Four • White • Void Moon • The Soldier's Return (2000) 3 exemplaires
An Artist's Story [1974 TV episode] 1 exemplaire
John Tavener: Beyond the Veil [video recording] (2007) — Editor, Presenter, quelques éditions — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Bragg, Melvyn
- Nom légal
- Bragg, of Wigton in the County of Cumbria, Baron
- Date de naissance
- 1939-10-06
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Royaume-Uni
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Royaume-Uni
- Lieu de naissance
- Wigton, Cumbria, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
- Lieux de résidence
- Wigton, England, UK
- Études
- University of Oxford (Wadham College)
- Professions
- journalist
television host
novelist
radio host - Relations
- Haste, Cate (wife)
Bragg, Marie-Elsa (daughter) - Organisations
- National Academy of Writing
British Broadcasting Corporation
London Weekend Television
ITV
Garrick Club (member) - Prix et distinctions
- 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)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 63
- Aussi par
- 14
- Membres
- 5,044
- Popularité
- #4,960
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 92
- ISBN
- 298
- Langues
- 10
- Favoris
- 5