Biography
Peter Ackroyd (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Charlie Chaplin and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices, and the depth of his research.
He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984 and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003.
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1949-10-05 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Somerset Maugham Award
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