Ruth Scurr
Ruth Scurr (born 1971 in London ) is a British historian and literary critic .
Life
Ruth Scurr attended the Catholic St Bernard's Convent School and studied at Oxford , Cambridge and at the École normal supérieure in Paris . In 2000 she was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow.
Scurr became a 2006 Fellow at Gonville & Caius College , Cambridge , where he is lecturer in history and political science . Her first book, Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution , was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize in 2006 and on the longlist of the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2007 . It has been translated into Polish, Dutch and Portuguese. Her second book, John Aubrey : My own Life , was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2015 .
Scurr writes reviews and essays in the national British newspapers and she has worked intermittently as an editor for The Times Literary Supplement . She was a jury member for the Man Booker Prize in 2007 and the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2014 .
Scurr was married to political scientist John Dunn between 1997 and 2013 and they have two children.
Fonts (selection)
- Fatal purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution . London: Chatto & Windus, 2006
- John Aubrey: my own life . London: Chatto & Windus, 2015
- The social foundations of the modern republic . P.-L. Roederer's Cours d'organization sociale (Ph.D.). University of Cambridge, 2000
- Reviews
Web links
- Literature by and about Ruth Scurr in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Ruth Scurr in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ruth Scurr , website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scurr, Ruth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British historian and literary critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |