Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
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Edition 11 (2009) Winner
Philip Hoare
フィリップ・ホアー
Firippu Hoā
Aliases:
Patrick Moore
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1958 （Southampton）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Roman Catholic （Baptismal Name: Philip）
- Residence History
- Southampton
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, filmmaker, curator
- Active Years
- 1982-2025
- Affiliations
- Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Fine Arts Work Center, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Southampton
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Independent School, Southampton | — | — | — | — | UK |
| St Mary's University, Twickenham | — | — | — | — | UK |
St Mary's Independent School, Southampton
Country:
UK
Attended on a scholarship
St Mary's University, Twickenham
Country:
UK
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Samuel Johnson Prize | Leviathan, or the Whale | Non-Fiction | BBC | Winner |
Samuel Johnson Prize
2009
Work:
Leviathan, or the Whale
Category:
Non-Fiction
Organization:
BBC
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Leviathan, or the Whale
2008 Non-fictionDescribes a personal and societal fascination with whales.
WhalesSea
Bibliography
- Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant (1990)
- Noël Coward: A Biography (1995)
- Wilde's Last Stand: Decadence, Conspiracy, and the First World War (1997)
- Spike Island: The Memory of a Military Hospital (2000)
- The Ghosts of Netley (2004)
- England's Lost Eden: Adventures in a Victorian Utopia (2005)
- Leviathan or, The Whale (2008)
- The Whale: In Search Of The Giants Of The Sea (2010)
- The Sea Inside (2013)
- RisingTideFallingStar (2017)
- Albert and the Whale: Albrecht Dürer and How Art Imagines Our World (2021)
- William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love (2025)
Style & Themes
- Recurring Motifs
- SeaWhales
Legacy
British writer known for non-fiction on whales, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize.
Quotes
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Imagine having to spend your entire life living with people asking: 'You're not that astronomer, are you?' ... Philip was my confirmation name; Hoare [was] my mother's maiden name.
Source: The Guardian interview (2013)
Trivia
- Born as Patrick Moore, adopted the name Philip Hoare to avoid confusion with astronomer Patrick Moore.
- Philip is his confirmation name; Hoare is his mother's maiden name.