Costa Book Awards
1回登壇
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第7回（1977年） Winner
Nigel Nicolson
ナイジェル・ニコルソン
Naijeru Nikorushon
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1917-01-19 （183 Ebury Street, Westminster, London, England）
- 死没
- 2004-09-23 （Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, England） 87歳
- 国籍
- British
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Unknown
- 居住地歴
- London → Long Barn, Kent → Sissinghurst Castle, Kent
経歴
- 職業
- writer, publisher, politician, soldier, broadcaster
- 活動期間
- 1939年〜2004年
- 所属
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Ancient Monuments Board
- 所属団体
- Conservative Party
- 影響を受けた人物
- Harold Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West
- 影響を与えた人物
- Adam Nicolson, Juliet Nicolson
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Fields School | — | Prep school | — | 幼少期 | United Kingdom |
| Eton College | — | — | — | パブリックスクール時代 | United Kingdom |
| Balliol College, Oxford | — | Literae Humaniores | — | 1930年代後半 | United Kingdom |
Summer Fields School
Prep school
期間:
幼少期
国:
United Kingdom
Eton College
期間:
パブリックスクール時代
国:
United Kingdom
Balliol College, Oxford
Literae Humaniores
期間:
1930年代後半
国:
United Kingdom
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Order of the British Empire (OBE) | — | 栄誉 | British Government | 受賞 |
Order of the British Empire (OBE)
部門:
栄誉
主催:
British Government
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Portrait of a Marriage
1973年 BiographyA frank account of his parents' marriage, detailing their bisexuality and affairs, which caused controversy upon publication.
marriagefamilybisexualityheritage
映像化・舞台化
- [TV series] Portrait of a Marriage (1990)
Long Life
1997年 AutobiographyHis autobiography.
lifememoir
The Grenadier Guards in the War of 1939–1945
1949年 Military historyOfficial history of the Grenadier Guards in WWII.
warmilitary
全著作
- The Grenadier Guards in the War of 1939–1945
- Lord of the Isles: Lord Leverhulme in the Hebrides
- People and Parliament
- The United Nations: A Reply to Its Critics
- Sissinghurst Castle: An Illustrated History
- Great Houses of Britain
- Diaries & Letters of Harold Nicolson
- Great Houses of The Western World
- Alex: The Life of Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis
- Portrait of a Marriage
- Letters of Virginia Woolf
- The Himalayas
- Mary Curzon
- The National Trust Book of Great Houses in Britain
- Napoleon 1812
- Lady Curzon's India
- Two Roads to Dodge City
- The Village in History
- Counties of Britain: A Tudor Atlas by John Speed
- Kent
- The World of Jane Austen
- Vita and Harold: The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson
- Long Life: Memoirs
- Virginia Woolf
- Fanny Burney: The Mother of English Fiction
- Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings
- The Queen and Us: The Second Elizabethan Age
作風・主題
- 文体
- biographical prosedetailed historical narrative
- 頻出モチーフ
- family historyBritish heritagegardens and great houses
評価・遺産
Renowned biographer, particularly for Portrait of a Marriage revealing his parents' open marriage. Co-founded Weidenfeld & Nicolson, served as Conservative MP, and wrote extensively on British heritage.
記念館・博物館
- Sissinghurst Castle Garden Sissinghurst, Kent 1930年開館
豆知識
- Second son of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West.
- Lost his parliamentary seat after opposing the government over Suez and controversy over publishing Lolita.
- Publicly revealed his parents' bisexuality in their biography, causing uproar.