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Richard Askwith

リチャード・アスクウィス

Richādo Asukuwisu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1960
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
journalist, author
Active Years
2004-2024
Nominations
William Hill Sports Book of the Year shortlist (Feet in the Clouds), Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature shortlist (Feet in the Clouds)

Awards

Best New Writer prize
2004
Work: Feet in the Clouds
Organization: Sports Book Awards
Result: won
Biography of the Year
2020
Work: Unbreakable
Organization: Sports Book Awards
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Feet in the Clouds

2004 non-fiction

A cult book about fell-running and obsession.

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Unbreakable: the countess, the Nazis and the world's most dangerous horse race

2019 biography

Book about Lata Brandisová.

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Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero

2016 biography

Biography of Emil Zátopek.

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Bibliography

  • Feet in the Clouds
  • The Lost Village: In Search of a Forgotten Rural England
  • Let IT Go: My Extraordinary Story, from Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist
  • Running Free: A Runner's Journey Back to Nature
  • Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero
  • People Power: Remaking Parliament for the Populist Age
  • Unbreakable: the countess, the Nazis and the world's most dangerous horse race
  • Toymaker: the autobiography of the man whose designs shaped our childhoods

Legacy

British journalist and author best known for sports-related non-fiction and biographies.