ACKROYD, Peter

ACKROYD, Peter
(1949-)
   UK author who began writing as a poet before turning to literary biographies of figures like T.S.Eliot and Charles DICKENS. His third novel, Hawksmoor (1985), interestingly conflates the occult geography of London constructed by an 18th-century architect - who closely resembles the historical Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661-1736) - with a series of 20th-century murders investigated by an Inspector Hawksmoor. As an alternate-world FABULATION, the book verges on sf. First Light (1989) invokes a similar sense of time-slippage, featuring a 20th-century neolithic dig over which appears a night sky whose star positions are those of neolithic times. Other Works: The House of Doctor Dee (1993).

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  • Ackroyd, Peter — (1949 )    Born in London, he was educated at St. Benedict s School, Ealing, and graduated M.A. from Clare College, Cambridge (1971), and was a Mellon Fellow at Yale University (1971 1973). He worked at The Spectator magazine between 1973 and… …   British and Irish poets

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  • Peter Ackroyd — (* 5. Oktober 1949 in London) ist ein britischer Schriftsteller, der bekannt ist für seine Romane und Biografien. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werk 2.1 Romane 2 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peter Ackroyd — Peter Ackroyd, né à Londres le 5 octobre 1949, est un écrivain, romancier, essayiste et critique littéraire britannique. Lauréat de la Royal Society of Literature en 1984, il est l auteur de plusieurs best sellers, parmi lesquels son… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ackroyd — is a surname. People * Alfred Ackroyd, English cricketer * Harold Ackroyd, Victoria Cross recipient * Peter Ackroyd, English author Other * The Murder of Roger Ackroyd , a novel by Agatha Christie * The Mrs Ackroyd Band, a band in Manchester,… …   Wikipedia

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  • Ackroyd —   [ ækrɔɪd], Peter, englischer Schriftsteller, * London 5. 10. 1949; verfasste kritische und kulturgeschichtliche Studien sowie Gedichte (»London Lickpenny«, 1973; »Country life«, 1978); als Biograph trat er hervor mit »Ezra Pound and his world«… …   Universal-Lexikon

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