Marsh Biography Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1993) Winner
Patrick Marnham
パトリック・マーナム
Patorikku Mānahamu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1943-01-01 （Jerusalem）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- London, UK → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- writer, journalist, biographer
- Active Years
- 1966-2024
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Graham Greene, Doris Lessing
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Philip's | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Downside School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Corpus Christi College, Oxford | Jurisprudence | Jurisprudence | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Gray's Inn | — | — | Barrister | — | United Kingdom |
St Philip's
Country:
United Kingdom
Downside School
Country:
United Kingdom
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Jurisprudence
/ Jurisprudence
Country:
United Kingdom
Gray's Inn
Degree:
Barrister
Year of Graduation:
1966
Country:
United Kingdom
Called to the Bar
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Thomas Cook Travel Book Award | So Far from God: A Journey to Central America | — | Thomas Cook | winner |
| 1992 | Marsh Biography Award | The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: Portrait of Georges Simenon | — | Marsh Christian Trust | winner |
Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
1985
Work:
So Far from God: A Journey to Central America
Organization:
Thomas Cook
Result:
winner
Marsh Biography Award
1992
Work:
The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: Portrait of Georges Simenon
Organization:
Marsh Christian Trust
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
So Far from God: A Journey to Central America
1985 TravelA journey to Central America.
imperialismculturepolitics
The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: Portrait of Georges Simenon
1992 BiographyBiography of Georges Simenon.
art of the novellife
War in the Shadows: Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France
2020 HistoryInvestigation into the betrayal of a British resistance network in 1943.
resistancebetrayalwar
Bibliography
- Road to Katmandu (1971)
- Lourdes, A Modern Pilgrimage (1980)
- Fantastic Invasion: Dispatches from Contemporary Africa (1980)
- The Private Eye Story: the first 21 years (1982)
- So Far from God: A Journey to Central America (1985)
- Trail of Havoc: In the Steps of Lord Lucan (1988)
- The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon (1992)
- Crime and the Académie Française: Dispatches from Paris (1993)
- Dreaming with His Eyes Open: A Life of Diego Rivera (1998)
- The Death of Jean Moulin: Biography of a Ghost (2000)
- Wild Mary: The Life of Mary Wesley (2006)
- Snake Dance: Journeys Beneath a Nuclear Sky (2013)
- Darling Pol: Letters of Mary Wesley and Eric Siepmann 1944–1967 (2017)
- War in the Shadows: Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France (2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- travel writingbiographicalsatirical
- Recurring Motifs
- imperial legaciescultural historiespolitical illusions
Legacy
Known for travel writing and biographies of figures like Simenon and Rivera. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1988. Works translated into 12 languages.