Mark Bostridge
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Mark Bostridge is a British writer and critic. He was born in 1960 and educated at the University of Oxford
, where he was awarded the Gladstone Memorial Prize.
His first book was Vera Brittain: A Life, co-written with Paul Berry and published in 1995. This biography of the writer Vera Brittain
was shortlisted for the two major non-fiction prizes of its day, the Whitbread Prize and the NCR Book Award
. Bostridge's next Brittain project was a collaboration with Alan Bishop. Their edition of her letters was published in 1998 as Letters from a Lost Generation, and Bostridge adapted the letters for a BBC Radio Four series starring Amanda Root
as Vera Brittain and Rupert Graves
as Roland Leighton
.
Bostridge's Lives For Sale, an anthology of biographers' tales, was published in 2004. In 2008 he published Florence Nightingale: The Woman and Her Legend, the first major biography of Florence Nightingale
in over half-a-century, which was awarded the 2009 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, and named as a Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2008 and an Atlantic Magazine top book of the year.
In 2008, Bostridge also published Because You Died, a selection of Vera Brittain's First World War poetry and prose, to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the Armistice
. In May 2009 'Screen Daily reported that he was working closely with BBC Films on a screen adaptation of Testament of Youth.
He is a cousin of the tenor Ian Bostridge
.
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, where he was awarded the Gladstone Memorial Prize.
His first book was Vera Brittain: A Life, co-written with Paul Berry and published in 1995. This biography of the writer Vera Brittain
Vera Brittain
Vera Mary Brittain was a British writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during World War I and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.-Life:Born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Brittain was the...
was shortlisted for the two major non-fiction prizes of its day, the Whitbread Prize and the NCR Book Award
NCR Book Award
The NCR Book Award, established in 1987 and sponsored by NCR, was the UK's major award to non-fiction It ended in 1998 and has been replaced by the Samuel Johnson Prize.-Winners:* 1988 David Thomson, Nairn in Darkness and Light...
. Bostridge's next Brittain project was a collaboration with Alan Bishop. Their edition of her letters was published in 1998 as Letters from a Lost Generation, and Bostridge adapted the letters for a BBC Radio Four series starring Amanda Root
Amanda Root
Amanda Root is an English stage and screen actor and a former voice actor for children's programmes.Root known for her starring role in the 1995 BBC film adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion and the British TV comedy All About Me, as Miranda, alongside Richard Lumsden in 2004 and when she was a...
as Vera Brittain and Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as DI Lestrade in the critically acclaimed television series Sherlock.-Early life:...
as Roland Leighton
Roland Leighton
Roland Aubrey Leighton , was a British poet and soldier, immortalised in Vera Brittain's memoir, Testament of Youth....
.
Bostridge's Lives For Sale, an anthology of biographers' tales, was published in 2004. In 2008 he published Florence Nightingale: The Woman and Her Legend, the first major biography of Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale OM, RRC was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night...
in over half-a-century, which was awarded the 2009 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, and named as a Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2008 and an Atlantic Magazine top book of the year.
In 2008, Bostridge also published Because You Died, a selection of Vera Brittain's First World War poetry and prose, to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the Armistice
Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)
The armistice between the Allies and Germany was an agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War. It was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918 and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not technically a surrender...
. In May 2009 'Screen Daily reported that he was working closely with BBC Films on a screen adaptation of Testament of Youth.
He is a cousin of the tenor Ian Bostridge
Ian Bostridge
Ian Bostridge CBE is an English tenor, well known for his performances as an opera singer and as a song recitalist.-Early life and education:...
.