![]() ![]() He was awarded the British Whitbread Award for biography in 1984 of T.S. He was widely praised for his believable imitation of Wilde's style. In The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983), his work takes on an autobiographical form in his account of Wilde's final years. Ackroyd's approach is unusual, injecting imagined material into traditional biographies. Much of Ackroyd's work explores the lives of celebrated authors such as Dickens, Milton, Eliot, Blake, and More. He continued writing poetry until he began delving into historical fiction with The Great Fire of London (1982).Ī constant theme in Ackroyd's work is the blending of past, present, and future, often paralleling the two in his biographies and novels. A critically acclaimed and versatile writer, Ackroyd began his career while at Yale, publishing two volumes of poetry. He graduated from Cambridge University and was a Fellow at Yale (1971-1973). Peter Ackroyd was born in London in 1949. ![]()
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