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第84回（2002年） Winner
Jenny Uglow
ジェニー・ウグロー
Jenī Ugurō
別名:
Jennifer Sheila Uglow
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1947-01-01 （England (presumed)）
- 国籍
- British
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Cumbria → Dorset → Canterbury, Kent
経歴
- 職業
- biographer, historian, critic, publisher
- 活動期間
- 1982年〜
- 所属
- Chatto & Windus, University of Warwick (honorary visiting professor)
- 所属団体
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Past President of the Alliance of Literary Societies
- ノミネート
- Whitbread Prize biography shortlists (Elizabeth Gaskell, Hogarth)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham Ladies' College | — | English | — | 1958-1964 | UK |
| St Anne's College, Oxford | — | English | BLitt | — | UK |
Cheltenham Ladies' College
English
期間:
1958-1964
卒業年:
1964
国:
UK
St Anne's College, Oxford
English
学位:
BLitt
国:
UK
First in English
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | The Lunar Men: The Friends who Made the Future 1730–1810 | 伝記部門 | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Hessell-Tiltman Prize | The Lunar Men: The Friends who Made the Future 1730–1810 | — | International PEN | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Hawthornden Prize | Mr. Lear | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Marfield Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
2002
対象作品:
The Lunar Men: The Friends who Made the Future 1730–1810
部門:
伝記部門
主催:
University of Edinburgh
結果:
受賞
Hessell-Tiltman Prize
2003
対象作品:
The Lunar Men: The Friends who Made the Future 1730–1810
主催:
International PEN
結果:
受賞
Hawthornden Prize
2018
対象作品:
Mr. Lear
結果:
受賞
Marfield Prize
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World
2002年 History/BiographyStory of the Lunar Society's scientists and engineers including Erasmus Darwin, Matthew Boulton, James Watt, etc.
Scientific RevolutionEnlightenmentFriendship
Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick
2006年 BiographyLife of wood-engraver Thomas Bewick.
ArtNature
Hogarth: A Life and a World
1997年 BiographyLife of painter William Hogarth.
18th-century LondonSocial Satire
Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories
1993年 BiographyLife of Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell.
Women WritersVictorian Era
全著作
- George Eliot (1987)
- Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories (1993)
- Hogarth: A Life and a World (1997)
- The Lunar Men (2002)
- Nature's Engraver (2006)
- Mr. Lear (2017)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Vivid recreation of historical periodsDetailed and immersiveScholarly yet accessible
- 頻出モチーフ
- Feel of past lifeIntersection of science and artRole of women
評価・遺産
Prominent British biographer known for detailed lives of 18th-century figures and scientists, multiple award-winner, influential in publishing.
大衆文化への影響
- Historical consultant for BBC period dramas
引用
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I embarked on the Macmillan Biographical Dictionary of Women in a fit of pique because all reference books were full of men: it was a mad undertaking, born of a time when feminists wanted heroines and didn't have Google.
出典: The Guardian (2005年)
豆知識
- née Crowther, married Steve Uglow 1971, four children
- Husband is emeritus professor at University of Kent
- OBE recipient