Sandi Toksvig

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Sandi Toksvig

Sandi Toksvig , OBE , (born Sandra Birgitte Toksvig in Copenhagen on May 3, 1958 ) is a British writer, comedian, radio and television presenter and politician (since 2013). She lives and works in England and writes her books in English.

Career

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Sandi Toksvig was born in Copenhagen on May 3, 1958. Her father is Claus Toksvig, who was a foreign correspondent for Danmarks Radio . Sandi Toksvig attended Mamoroneck High School in New York for six years before later studying at Girton College , Cambridge . Her first book was published in 1994 under the title "Tales from the Norse's mouth", it is a fictional story for children; there is no German publication. She regularly writes columns for the women's magazine Good Housekeeping and the Sunday Telegraph .

She began her career as a comedian in Cambridge when she wrote the Cambridge Footlights, the first show that only featured women. While studying at Girton College, she was also a member of the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society, an acting group. At the moment she also plays for the group "The Comedy Store Players". Part of her television career is presenting children's series No. 73 , Saturday Starship , Get Fresh , Motormouth and Gilbert's Fridge . She was a regular guest on the humorous quiz program QI Quite Interesting , which she took over as presenter in October 2016. She also appeared on shows like Call My Bluff , Whose Line Is It Anyway? , Mock the Week and Have I Got News For You as well as in the first episode of Have I Got News For You in 1990.

Until June 2015, she hosted The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 ; there she had replaced Simon Hoggart from September 2006. In 2007 she was also the main presenter on Excess Baggage . She is also a frequent guest on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off . For three years, until December 2005, she did a show on the London talk radio LBC 97.3 at noon on weekdays .

Her wife is the psychotherapist Debbie Toksvig.

Political career

Sandi Toksvig supported the Liberal Democrats . In 2003 she ran for the post of Chancellor of the University of Oxford , but was eliminated in the first ballot. She also supported a campaign against tuition fees, the so-called 'student fees'. In March 2015, she co-founded the Women's Equality Party .

Books

Children's books (english)

  • Hitler's Kanarie Sandi Toksvig, Valerius uitgeverij, Vlaardingen, Holland, April 2006 ISBN 90-78250-02-X [Danish translation]
  • Hitler's Canary , Sandi Toksvig, Doubleday, July 2005
  • The Troublesome Tooth Fairy , Sandi Toksvig, Transworld, November 2000, ISBN 0-552-54663-1
  • Super-Saver Mouse to the Rescue , Sandi Toksvig, Transworld, April 2000, ISBN 0-552-54541-4
  • Super-Saver Mouse , Sandi Toksvig, Transworld, September 1999, ISBN 0-552-54540-6
  • If I didn't have elbows , Sandi Toksvig, Deagosti, April 1998, ISBN 1-84089-048-7
  • Unusual Day, Sandi Toksvig , Transworld / Corgi, April 1997, ISBN 0-552-54539-2
  • If this had never been invented , Sandi Toksvig, Deagosti, 1996
  • Tales from the Norse's mouth , Sandi Toksvig, BBC Books, March 1994, ISBN 0-563-40358-6

Adult books (english)

  • Island Race: an improbable voyage round the coast of Britain , John McCarthy and Sandi Toksvig, BBC Books, 1995
  • Great Journeys of the World , Sandi Toksvig et al., Penguin, 1997
  • Drowning in the Desert , Sandi Toksvig, Transworld, 1998
  • Whistling for the Elephants , Sandi Toksvig, Transworld, August 1999, ISBN 0-593-04480-0
  • Whistling for the Elephants , Sandi Toksvig, Little Brown, August 1999
  • Flying Under Bridges , Sandi Toksvig, Little Brown, April 2001
  • The Travels of Lady Bulldog Burton , Sandi Toksvig and Sandy Nightingale, Little Brown-Verlag, September 2002
  • Tell The Fuhrer It's Shakespeare , Sandi Toksvig, Little Brown-Verlag, December 2002
  • Gladys Reunited: A Personal American Journey , Sandi Toksvig, Little Brown-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 0-7515-3328-9
  • Melted into Air , Sandi Toksvig, Little Brown-Verlag, July 2006
  • Forgotten Forest , Sandi Toksvig, June 2007

German publications

So far only two books have been published in German. There are:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A Life in the Day: Sandi Toksvig thetimes.co.uk, accessed September 19, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Toksvig, Sandi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sandra Birgitte Toksvig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer, comedian, radio and television presenter, politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen