Jason Goodwin
Jason Goodwin (* 1964 ) is an English historian and writer.
Life
Goodwin studied history ( Byzantine Studies) at the University of Cambridge and was able to successfully complete this course. When the Iron Curtain fell shortly afterwards , he and a fellow student emigrated from Poland to Turkey .
After returning to England , he married his fellow immigrant and lives with their four children in southern England .
Awards
- 1993 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize ( Daily Mail ) for his travelogue From Gdansk to Istanbul
- 2007 Edgar Allan Poe Award ( MWA ) for his detective novel The Wisdom of the Eunuch
Works
- Fiction
- Yashim-Togalu cycle
- The wisdom of the eunuch. Detective novel ("The janissary tree", 2007). Piper, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-492-25170-9 .
- The antiquarian of Constantinople. Historical detective novel ("The snake stone", 2007). Piper, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-25738-1 .
- The Bellini Conspiracy ("Bellini card", 2009). Piper, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-25943-9 .
- To Evil Eye . Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-374-11040-6 .
- Non-fiction
- Greenback . The almighty dollar and the invention of America . Holt, New York 2003, ISBN 0-8050-6407-9 .
- The gunpowder gardens. Travels through India and China in search of tea . Chatto & Windus, London 2003, ISBN 0-1410-0678-1 (reprint of the London 1990 edition).
- Lord of the horizons. A history of the Ottoman empire . Chatto & Windus, London 1998, ISBN 0-7011-3669-3 .
- Otis . Giving rise to the modern city . Dee Books, Chicago, Ill. 2001, ISBN 1-56663-385-0 .
- From Gdansk to Istanbul. On foot through old Europe (“On foot to the Golden Horn”). Malik Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-40370-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Jason Goodwin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Jason Goodwin
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Goodwin, Jason |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English historian and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |