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Peter Ackroyd
English author (born 1949)
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Details
Instance of
human
Born
5 October 1949
Place of birth
London
Sex or gender
male
Given name
Peter
Family name
Ackroyd
Genre
polemical lampoon
,
drama fiction
,
sketch story
Field of work
literary activity
,
literary criticism
,
journalism
,
radio journalism
,
radio broadcasting
,
poetry
Occupation
poet
,
writer
,
literary historian
,
historian
,
novelist
,
playwright
,
literary critic
,
biographer
,
prose writer
,
journalist
,
radio editor
,
literary editor
Position held
Booker Prize judge
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
,
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
,
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
,
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
,
Somerset Maugham Award
,
Heinemann Award
archives at
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
educated at
Clare College
,
Yale University
,
St Benedict's School
has written for
The New York Times
languages spoken, written or signed
English
member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
,
Royal Society of Literature
,
Royal Society
name in native language
Peter Ackroyd
nominated for
Booker Prize
writing language
English
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
The House of Doctor Dee
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde
Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
Hawksmoor
The Great Fire of London
English Music
London: The Biography
The Clerkenwell Tales
London Under
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
Queer City
Chatterton
Influenced
Aka Morchiladze
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