Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
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Edition 5 (2003) Winner
Timothy John Binyon
ティモシー・ジョン・ビニヨン
Timoshī Jon Binyon
Aliases:
T. J. Binyon
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1936-02-18 （Leeds）
- Died
- 2004-10-07 （Witney, Oxfordshire） age 68
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English, Russian, German
- Religion
- Unknown （Baptismal Name: None）
- Residence History
- Leeds, England → Bodmin, Cornwall → Moscow, Soviet Union → Leeds, England → Oxford, England → Witney, Oxfordshire
Career
- Occupations
- Crime writer, Scholar, Russian literature lecturer
- Active Years
- 1954-2004
- Affiliations
- Wadham College, Oxford, University of Leeds
- Influenced By
- Laurence Binyon
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter College, Oxford | — | German and Russian | — | 1954-1958 | United Kingdom |
| Moscow State University | — | Russian language and literature | — | 1959 | Soviet Union |
Exeter College, Oxford
German and Russian
Period:
1954-1958
Year of Graduation:
1958
Country:
United Kingdom
Originally planned to read History but read German and Russian instead
Moscow State University
Russian language and literature
Period:
1959
Country:
Soviet Union
Spent one year after graduating
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Samuel Johnson Prize | Pushkin: A Biography | — | BBC | winner |
Samuel Johnson Prize
2003
Work:
Pushkin: A Biography
Organization:
BBC
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Swan Song
1982 Crime fictionCrime novel.
Greek Gifts
1988 Crime fictionCrime novel.
"Murder Will Out": The Detective in Fiction
1989 CriticismTheoretical book on the detective in fiction.
Pushkin: A Biography
2002 BiographyDetailed biography of Aleksandr Pushkin, critically acclaimed.
Russian literaturePushkin
Bibliography
- Swan Song (1982)
- Greek Gifts (1988)
- "Murder Will Out": The Detective in Fiction (1989)
- Pushkin: A Biography (2002)
Health
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heart failure2004-10Died suddenly of heart failure at age 68
Legacy
Scholar of Russian literature, award-winning biographer of Pushkin with the Samuel Johnson Prize, and crime fiction author.
Trivia
- Great-nephew of the poet Laurence Binyon.
- Cousin of Nicolete Gray.