Somerset Maugham Award
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Edition 0 (1989) Winner
Rupert Christiansen
ルパト・クリスチャンセン
Rupert Christiansen
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1954 （London）
- Nationality
- England, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London
Career
- Occupations
- writer, journalist, critic, opera critic, dance critic
- Active Years
- 1984-2024
- Affiliations
- The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, Opera magazine
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1997), Royal Literary Fund Fellow (2014-2016)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millfield | — | English | double first | — | United Kingdom |
| King's College, Cambridge | — | English | double first | — | United Kingdom |
| Columbia University | — | — | — | 1977-1978 | United States |
Millfield
English
Degree:
double first
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
United Kingdom
King's College, Cambridge
English
Degree:
double first
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
United Kingdom
Columbia University
Period:
1977-1978
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
United States
Fulbright scholar
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Somerset Maugham Award | Romantic Affinities | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Spear's Memoir of the Year | I Know You're Going to be Happy | — | — | 受賞 |
Somerset Maugham Award
1988
Work:
Romantic Affinities
Result:
受賞
Spear's Memoir of the Year
2013
Work:
I Know You're Going to be Happy
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Romantic Affinities
1988 Cultural historyPortraits From an Age, 1780–1830
Romanticism
Paris Babylon
1995 HistoryGrandeur, Decadence and Revolution 1869–75
Paris Commune
I Know You're Going to be Happy
2013 MemoirA Story of Love and Betrayal
familybetrayal
Bibliography
- Prima Donna: A History (1984)
- The Grand Obsession – An Anthology of Opera (1988)
- Romantic Affinities: Portraits From an Age, 1780–1830 (1988)
- Paris Babylon: Grandeur, Decadence and Revolution 1869–75 (1995)
- Tales of the New Babylon: Paris, 1869-75 (1994)
- The Visitors: Culture Shock in 19th Century Britain (2000)
- The Voice of Victorian Sex: Arthur H Clough 1819–1861 (2001)
- Faber Pocket Guide to Opera (2002; revised 2014)
- William Shakespeare: The Mystery of the World's Greatest Playwright (2003)
- The Complete Book of Aunts (2006)
- Once More, with Feeling! A Book of Classic Hymns & Carols (2007)
- I Know You're Going to be Happy: A Story of Love and Betrayal (2013)
- City of Light: The Reinvention of Paris (2018)
- Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- elegant prosecritical insight
- Recurring Motifs
- operahistorical portraitscultural criticism
Legacy
Prominent English critic known for opera and dance writing.
Trivia
- Grandson of Arthur Christiansen, former editor of the Daily Express.
- Son of Michael Christiansen, former editor of the Sunday and Daily Mirror.
- Entered a civil partnership in 2009 with architectural critic Ellis Woodman.