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Lucy Hughes-Hallett

ルーシー・ヒューズ＝ハレット

Rūshī Hyūzu-Haretto

Aliases: Lucy Angela Hughes-Hallett

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1951-12-07 （Unknown）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
England, UK

Career

Occupations
cultural historian, biographer, novelist, journalist
Active Years
1973-2025
Affiliations
Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Historical Association (Honorary Fellow)
Memberships
Royal Society of Literature
Influenced By
Plutarch

Awards

Samuel Johnson Prize
2013
Work: The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War
Category: nonfiction
Result: winner
Costa Book Award
2013
Work: The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War
Category: Biography
Result: winner
Duff Cooper Prize
2013
Work: The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions

1990 nonfiction

Examination of histories, dreams, and distortions of Cleopatra.

historymyth

Heroes: Saviours, Traitors and Supermen

2004 nonfiction

Exploration of heroic figures, influenced by Plutarch.

heroeshistory

The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War

2013 biography

Biography of Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio.

warseductionpoetry

Peculiar Ground

2017 novel

Novel covering 400 years in the history of a fictional English country estate.

historyCold War

Fabulous: Stories

2019 short stories

Reimagines stories from classical mythology, Bible, and folklore in modern Britain.

mythologyfolklore

The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham

2024 biography

Biography of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

Restorationpolitics

Bibliography

  • Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions (1990)
  • Heroes: Saviours, Traitors and Supermen (2004)
  • The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War (2013)
  • Peculiar Ground: A Novel (2017)
  • Fabulous: Stories (2019)
  • The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham (2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
detailed historical narrativemodern reinterpretations
Recurring Motifs
heroic figuresmythic retellings

Legacy

British writer and cultural historian acclaimed for winning the Samuel Johnson Prize, Costa Book Award, and Duff Cooper Prize for her biography The Pike.

Trivia

  • Winner of Vogue Talent Contest in 1973.
  • Won Catherine Pakenham Award for Young Female Journalists in 1978 for profile of Roald Dahl.
  • Chair of Judges for the International Booker Prize in 2021.