Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Lucy Angela Hughes-Hallett (born December 7, 1951 in London ) is a British journalist and writer.
Life
Lucy Hughes-Hallett studied at Bedford College , University of London. She married Dan Franklin in 1984, they have two children and live in London. She worked as a journalist for Vogue magazine and as a television critic for the Evening Standard . She writes book reviews primarily for the Sunday Times .
Hughes-Hallett's first book Cleopatra : Histories, Dreams and Distortions was published in 1990. It won the Fawcett Prize and the Emily Toth Award. Her biography of the Italian artist and politician Gabriele D'Annunzio , published in 2013, received the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction , the Duff Cooper Prize and the Costa Book Award .
Hughes-Hallett is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature .
Works (selection)
- Cleopatra: Histories, dreams and distortions . New York: Harper & Row, 1990
- Heroes: Saviors, traitors and supermen . London: Fourth Estate, 2004
- The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War . London: Fourth Estate, 2013
- Peculiar Ground . Novel. 2017
Web links
- Literature by and about Lucy Hughes-Hallett in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Lucy Hughes-Hallett in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lucy Hughes-Hallett , at the British Council
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hughes-Hallett, Lucy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hughes-Hallett, Lucy Angela (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th December 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |