Costa Book Awards
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Edition 7 (1977) Winner
Nigel Nicolson
ナイジェル・ニコルソン
Naijeru Nikorushon
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1917-01-19 （183 Ebury Street, Westminster, London, England）
- Died
- 2004-09-23 （Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, England） age 87
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- London → Long Barn, Kent → Sissinghurst Castle, Kent
Career
- Occupations
- writer, publisher, politician, soldier, broadcaster
- Active Years
- 1939-2004
- Affiliations
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Ancient Monuments Board
- Memberships
- Conservative Party
- Influenced By
- Harold Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West
- Influenced
- Adam Nicolson, Juliet Nicolson
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Period:
幼少期
Country:
United Kingdom
Eton College
Period:
パブリックスクール時代
Country:
United Kingdom
Balliol College, Oxford
Literae Humaniores
Period:
1930年代後半
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Order of the British Empire (OBE) | — | 栄誉 | British Government | 受賞 |
Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Category:
栄誉
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Portrait of a Marriage
1973 BiographyA frank account of his parents' marriage, detailing their bisexuality and affairs, which caused controversy upon publication.
marriagefamilybisexualityheritage
Adaptations
- [TV series] Portrait of a Marriage (1990)
Long Life
1997 AutobiographyHis autobiography.
lifememoir
The Grenadier Guards in the War of 1939–1945
1949 Military historyOfficial history of the Grenadier Guards in WWII.
warmilitary
Bibliography
- 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
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- biographical prosedetailed historical narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- family historyBritish heritagegardens and great houses
Legacy
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.
Museums
- Sissinghurst Castle Garden Sissinghurst, Kent Opened in 1930
Trivia
- 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.