Anton Gill

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Anton Gill (* 1948 in Ilford , Essex ; now London ) is a British author . He lives in London and Paris . For the books, which are based on the video game Assassin's Creed , he appears under the pseudonym Oliver Bowden.

Life

Anton Gill grew up in London as the son of a German father and a British mother. His parents both died in 1995. His mother was a teacher of English, Russian and theater, and his father was an engineer. He spent his early childhood in Bamberg .

Between the ages of 12 and 18, he attended Chigwell School in Epping Forest District . This is where the foundation for his passion for theater was laid. At the age of 19 he went to the University of Cambridge and deepened his knowledge in the arts of theater. He studied English literature with German and French as minor subjects. In 1970, Gill graduated from the university in addition to his undergraduate degrees as President of the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club .

From 1970 to 1976 he worked as assistant to the director at the Royal Court Theater in London and wrote various plays. During this time he worked with the theater directors Lindsay Anderson and Anthony Page as well as the writers Samuel Beckett and Athol Fugard .

From 1976 to 1978 he was theater director at the Arts Concil of Great Britain. During this time he also wrote various radio reports for the BBC . During this time he wrote his first biography about Alexander Pope "The Spider's Touch".

In 1981 and 1982 he worked for the Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg . In 1982 he met his first wife Nicola Browne in Egypt. The marriage remained childless and ended in 1998. Until 1984 he worked as a freelance writer and journalist for various radio and television companies.

In May 1984 he devoted himself entirely to writing. He dealt extensively with contemporary European history. This resulted in his first work, which takes place in ancient Egypt: "Martin Allen is Missing", and he worked on a series of thrillers. What he loves most about his work is the conversation with his contemporaries and he gets inspiration for his books. In the following years, Anton Gill traveled a lot around the world and was inspired by different cultures. During this time, various books were created, all of which were shaped by his travels.

In 2005 Anton Gill married his second wife, the actress Marji Campi. Since then he has been spending more and more time in France . He has been fascinated by the country since his first visit in 1967. Since then he has occasionally been writing for SKI MAGAZIN, Woman magazine and Country Living. Anton Gill is a member of Greenpeace .

Anton Gill mainly writes non-fiction books, such as the 2010 book about the Titanic "Titanic: The Real Story of The Construction of The World's Most Famous Ship". He also published the successful novels for the video game Assassin's Creed under the pseudonym Oliver Bowden .

Prices

In 1988 he received the Harold Hyam Wingate Award in the non-fiction category for his study on survivors of the Nazi concentration camp "The Journey Back From Hell"

Works

  • Martin Allen is Missing (study of missing children in London) - Corgi Books, London, 1984
  • How to Be Oxbridge (satirical history of Oxford and Cambridge universities since World War Two) - Grafton Books, London, 1985; Kenkyusha, Tokyo, 1988
  • Croquet: Complete Guide (social history of the game of croquet on both sides of the Atlantic) - Heinemann, London, 1986
  • Mad about the boy. (Biography of pop-singer Boy George) - Century, London, 1987
  • The Journey Back From Hell - Grafton, London, 1988 and 1989; Morrow, NYC, 1989; Avon, NYC, 1990; HarperCollins UK, London, 1994; reprinted 1996 and 1998
  • Berlin to Bucharest (travels in Eastern Europe just before the counter-revolutions there - ie in 1988 and 1989) - Grafton, London, 1990; David and Charles, NYC, 1992; Hollandia, Amsterdam, 1993
  • A Dance Between Flames (a general history of Berlin between the two world wars) - John Murray, London, 1993; Carroll and Graf, NYC, 1994; Abacus, London, 1995
  • Ruling Passion (sexuality and the British Empire) - BBC Books, London, 1995
  • The Hanging Gale (novel based on drama serial about the C19 Irish famine) - BBC Books, London, 1995
  • Last talons of the eagle (with Gary Hyland; about avant-garde German military airplane development in the Second World War) - Headline, London, 1998
  • Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim - THE LIFE OF AN ART ADDICT - HarperCollins UK 2001 / USA 2002 (as ART LOVER) / Random House - Mondadori, Barcelona, ​​Spain 2002 / Globus Brazil 2004 / Poland / S. Korea / Italy / Greece - 2004 +. Paperback editions 2004 + / Hungary 2006; repr. UK 2007
  • The Great Escape: The Full Dramatic Story with Contributions from Survivors and Their Families (account of the escape of RAF POWs from Stalag-Luft III in 1944) - Headline, 2002; Poland, 2004; paperback 2004
  • Il Gigante (Florence, Michelangelo and the David, 1492–1504) - Headline, 2002; St Martin's Press, USA, 2004; i.e. Japan, Korea, Italy, 2004–2005
  • A City of Dreams (Egyptian Mysteries) (history of the land & people, accompanies C4 series) HarperCollins, 2003; paperback UK 2004
  • Gateway of the Gods: The Rise and Fall of Babylon (a history of Ancient Mesopotamia) Quercus - UK publ. Nov 2008
  • Assassin's Creed: Renaissance (by Oliver Bowden) (novel) Penguin Books, UK and worldwide from Nov 2009 (25 in top 50 London, Christmas, 2009)
  • Titanic: The Real Story of The Construction of The World's Most Famous Ship (non-fiction - accompanies C4 series, Titanic - The Mission) Channel 4 Books / Transworld, October 2010
  • Assassin's Creed - Brotherhood (by Oliver Bowden) Penguin Books, UK & worldwide from Nov 2010 (8 in Tesco top 50, Christmas, 2010)
  • Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade (by Oliver Bowden)
  • Assassin's Creed: Revelations (by Oliver Bowden) November 2011
  • Assassins' Creed: Forsaken (by Oliver Bowden) November 2012
  • Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (by Oliver Bowden) November 2013
  • Assassin's Creed: Unity (by Oliver Bowden) November 2014
  • Assassin's Creed: Underworld (by Oliver Bowden) November 2015
  • Assassin's Creed: Origins (by Oliver Bowden) October 2017

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Biography Chapter 1 - Anton Gill. In: antongill.com. January 26, 2019, accessed January 30, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gill, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bowden, Oliver (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Ilford , Essex , United Kingdom