William Dalrymple (writer)
William Dalrymple (actually: William Hamilton-Dalrymple ; born March 20, 1965 in Scotland ) is a travel writer , historian , art critic , foreign correspondent and founder of the largest literary festival in Asia.
Life
Dalrymple, actually William Hamilton-Dalrymple, is the son of Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, a cousin of the writer Virginia Woolf . He attended Ampleforth College and Trinity College , where he studied history .
Dalrymple is married to the artist Olivia Fraser. The couple have three children and live alternately in Delhi, Edinburgh and London.
Dalrymple has been the South East Asia correspondent for the New Statesman since 2004 . He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Society of Literature .
He is the founder of the Jaipur Literature Festival , which he still directs with the writer Namita Gokhale. The literary festival is the largest of its kind in Asia and has been called "the world's greatest literary show" by The Daily Beast .
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Dalrymple's area of interest is Southeast Asia with a focus on India and Pakistan . But he also writes about the Middle East .
He studied Buddhism , Hinduism of the Jain religion, and early Eastern Christian communities. All of his books have received awards, some of them multiple times.
According to Dalrymple, his work is influenced by Robert Byron , Eric Newby and Bruce Chatwin .
His books have been translated into French, Dutch, Czech, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu and German, among others.
He is a regular author of The New York Review of Books of The Guardian of the New Statesman and The New Yorker .
Dalrymple's works on the history of the Mughal rule and his essay volumes on modern India have found recognition among historians .
Selection from the factory
- In Xanadu. 1989.
- City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi. 1994.
- From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium. 1997.
- The Age of Kali. 1998.
- White Mughals. 2002.
- Begums, Thugs & White Mughals - The Journals of Fanny Parkes . 2002, ISBN 0-907871-88-7 .
- The Last Mughal, The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857. 2006, ISBN 0-7475-8668-3 .
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Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India. 2009, ISBN 978-1-4088-0061-4 .
- German: nine lives. On the way to the heart of India. translated by Matthias Fienbork. Berlin Verlag, Berlin ISBN 978-3-8270-0917-3 .
- Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan. 2012, ISBN 978-1-4088-1830-5 .
- Writer's Eye. 2016, ISBN 978-93-5177925-4 .
- Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond. 2017, ISBN 978-1-63557-076-2 .
- The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company. 2019, ISBN 978-1-4088-6437-1 .
Web links
- William Dalrymple website
- Literature by and about William Dalrymple in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/overseas/article3631579.ece
- ^ William Dalrymple ( Memento October 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Gopalakrishnan, Amulya: The Greatest Literary Show on Earth. January 27, 2009, accessed November 13, 2010 .
- ↑ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2004/nov/04/the-truth-about-muslims/
- ↑ Home truths on abroad ( Memento from September 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Where does travel writing go from here? ( Memento from September 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3655677/A-dynasty-crushed-by-hatred.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dalrymple, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scotland |