Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (1997) Winner
Graham Robb
グラハム・ロブ
Gurahamu Robu
Aliases:
Graham Macdonald Robb
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1958-06-02 （Manchester）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English, French
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Manchester → Oxford → London → Tennessee
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Critic, Historian
- Active Years
- 1985-2022
- Affiliations
- Exeter College, Oxford (Junior Research Fellow, 1987-1990)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL, 1999)
- Nominations
- Samuel Johnson Prize shortlist (2001, Rimbaud)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter College, Oxford | Modern Languages | — | BA (Oxon), MA | ~1981 | United Kingdom |
| Goldsmiths' College, London | — | Teacher training | — | 1982 | United Kingdom |
| Vanderbilt University | — | French literature | PhD | — | United States |
Exeter College, Oxford
Modern Languages
Degree:
BA (Oxon), MA
Period:
~1981
Year of Graduation:
1981
Country:
United Kingdom
first-class honours
Goldsmiths' College, London
Teacher training
Period:
1982
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
United Kingdom
Vanderbilt University
French literature
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Whitbread Best Biography Award | Victor Hugo | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Modern Language Association Prize for Independent Scholars | Unlocking Mallarmé | — | Modern Language Association | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Duff Cooper Prize | The Discovery of France | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Ondaatje Prize | The Discovery of France | — | Royal Society of Literature | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Medal of the City of Paris | — | — | City of Paris | 受賞 |
Whitbread Best Biography Award
1997
Work:
Victor Hugo
Result:
受賞
Modern Language Association Prize for Independent Scholars
1996
Work:
Unlocking Mallarmé
Organization:
Modern Language Association
Result:
受賞
Duff Cooper Prize
2007
Work:
The Discovery of France
Result:
受賞
Ondaatje Prize
2008
Work:
The Discovery of France
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
受賞
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
2009
Result:
受賞
Medal of the City of Paris
2012
Organization:
City of Paris
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Duff Cooper Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 52 (2007) Winner
Works
Major Works
Balzac: A Biography
1994 BiographyBiography of Honoré de Balzac.
French literature19th century
Victor Hugo
1997 BiographyBiography of Victor Hugo. Winner of Whitbread Biography Award.
RomanticismPolitics
Rimbaud
2000 BiographyBiography of Arthur Rimbaud.
SymbolismPoetry
The Discovery of France
2007 Cultural history 454 pagesHistorical geography of France from Revolution to WWI. Duff Cooper Prize winner.
French historyGeography
The Discovery of Middle Earth
2013 HistoryMapping the lost world of the Celts.
Celtic studiesAncient history
Bibliography
- Le corsaire-satan en silhouette : le milieu journalistique de la jeunesse de Baudelaire
- Baudelaire lecteur de Balzac
- Baudelaire
- La Poésie de Baudelaire et la poésie française, 1838–1852
- Balzac: A Biography
- Unlocking Mallarmé
- Victor Hugo
- Rimbaud
- Strangers: Homosexual Love in the 19th Century
- The Discovery of France
- Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris
- The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe
- Cols and Passes of the British Isles
- The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England
- France: An Adventure History
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed biographical styleIntegration of historical geography
- Recurring Motifs
- French authorsCeltic cultureGeographical exploration
Legacy
Renowned biographer of French authors like Balzac, Hugo, and Rimbaud, with works selected as New York Times Best Books. Acclaimed for cultural histories of France and Celts, winner of multiple literary prizes.
Trivia
- Cycled across France for The Discovery of France.
- Proposed theory of Celtic settlements and migrations using solstice lines.