James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 74 (1992) Winner
Charles Nicholl
チャールズ・ニコル
Chāruzu Nikoru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1950
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, England
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Near Lucca, Italy (1990s-)
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Historian, Biographer
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow, 2005)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's College, Cambridge | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
King's College, Cambridge
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe | Biography | — | Winner |
| 1992 | CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction | The Reckoning | — | — | Winner |
| 1998 | Hawthornden Prize | Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa | — | — | Winner |
| 1972 | Daily Telegraph Young Writer Award | — | — | Daily Telegraph | Winner |
| 1974 | Sunday Times Young Writer Award | The Ups and The Downs | — | Sunday Times | Winner |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1992
Work:
The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
Category:
Biography
Result:
Winner
CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
1992
Work:
The Reckoning
Result:
Winner
Hawthornden Prize
1998
Work:
Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa
Result:
Winner
Daily Telegraph Young Writer Award
1972
Organization:
Daily Telegraph
Result:
Winner
Sunday Times Young Writer Award
1974
Work:
The Ups and The Downs
Organization:
Sunday Times
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 58 (1998) Winner
Works
Major Works
A Cup of News
1984 BiographyA biography of Thomas Nashe
Renaissance literature
The Fruit Palace
1985 TravelAccount of drug trade in Colombia
DrugsCounterculture
Borderlines
1988 TravelThe Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
1992 BiographyThe murder of Christopher Marlowe
Elizabethan underworld
Adaptations
- [Radio drama] The Reckoning (2022)
Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa
1998 BiographyArthur Rimbaud in Africa
Literature
Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind
2004 BiographyBiography of Leonardo da Vinci
The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street
2007 BiographyShakespeare on Silver Street
Shakespeare
Traces Remain
2012 EssaysStyle & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed historical researchLiterary detection
- Recurring Motifs
- Historical figuresUnderworldTravel
Legacy
English author specializing in history, biography, literary detection, and travel. Known for works on Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare, etc.
Trivia
- Active as writer since 1970s, publishing books since 1980.
- Won Sunday Times award for LSD trip account.
- Lives in Italy.