Melvyn Bragg
Autor(a) de The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Melvyn Bragg
On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries from Archimedes to DNA (1998) 141 exemplares
The South Bank Show - Frankenstein; Bookmark - The Further Adventures of Don Quixote [DVD] 1 exemplar
Melvyn Bragg's Travels in Written Britain - (2) London and the Thames; Devil's Bible [DVD] 1 exemplar
Wilfrid (634-709) 1 exemplar
Johnny and the Dead [VHS] 1 exemplar
Jane Eyre 1 exemplar
Velikáni výtvarného umenia 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Ecclesiastical History of the English People (0731) — Introdução, algumas edições — 3,426 exemplares
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Contribuidor — 82 exemplares
Coleridge Walks the Fells: A Lakeland Journey Retraced (1991) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 12 exemplares
Reader's Digest Select Editions: Crisis Four • White • Void Moon • The Soldier's Return (2000) 3 exemplares
An Artist's Story [1974 TV episode] 1 exemplar
John Tavener beyond the veil [video recording] (2007) — Editor, Presenter, algumas edições — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Bragg, Melvyn
- Nome legal
- Bragg, of Wigton in the County of Cumbria, Baron
- Data de nascimento
- 1939-10-06
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (no mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Wigton, Cumbria, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Wigton, England, UK
- Educação
- University of Oxford (Wadham College)
- Ocupações
- journalist
television host
novelist
radio host - Relações
- Haste, Cate (wife)
Bragg, Marie-Elsa (daughter) - Organizações
- National Academy of Writing
British Broadcasting Corporation
London Weekend Television
ITV
BBC - Prémios e menções honrosas
- 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)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 62
- Also by
- 14
- Membros
- 4,988
- Popularidade
- #5,023
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 90
- ISBN
- 297
- Línguas
- 10
- Marcado como favorito
- 5