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HOLROYD, Michael was born on August 27, 1935 in London. Son of Basil and Ulla (nee Hall) Holroyd.
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Augustus John: The New Biography
(This 1997 revised and updated biography of the celebrated...)
This 1997 revised and updated biography of the celebrated artist, using the mass of new material which has come to light since Holroyd's two-volume first edition in the mid 1970s, reveals the complete story of John and his circle, from one of our great biographers. John studied at the Slade with his sister Gwen before both of them went to Paris. He lived and worked at feverish speed and his drawings were astonishing for their fluid lyrical line, their vigor and spontaneity. His life became a complex tale of two cities, London and Paris, of two wives and many families. 'The age of Augustus John was dawning,' Virginia Woolf wrote of the year 1908, which saw many portraits of writers and artists and small glowing oil panels of figures in a landscape. His most striking work was done in the years before the First World War and when he died in 1961 his death was treated as a landmark signaling the end of a distant era.
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(Basil Street Blues: A Memoir ) Author: Michael Holroyd May-2001
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Lytton Strachey: the Unknown Years 1880-1910 (Vol. One), the Years of Achievement 1910-1932 (Vol. Two)
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Basil Street Blues: A Memoir
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Lytton Strachey: The Unknown Years 1880-1910 & The Years of Achievement 1910-1932 (2 Volume Set)
(Work by first person to have access to noted biographer a...)
Work by first person to have access to noted biographer and Bloomsbury Group member's papers. 1968 Holt Rinehart and Winston Stated First Edition. 2 volume set in slip case.
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Basil Street Blues
(Michael Holroyd - the most famous biographer in Britain -...)
Michael Holroyd - the most famous biographer in Britain - turns his attention upon himself and his own family in BASIL STREET BLUES (the title comes from the Basil Street Hotel where the author was conceived in the 1930s.) Born into a family rich in eccentricity, Holroyd was largely brought up by his grandparents in Maidenhead because his exotic Swedish mother and reserved English father couldn't stand living together. (His grandparents' marriage provided no better model - his grandfather having had a four year affair with a woman he met at a bus stop before coming back to his grandmother). Towards the end of Holroyd's parents lives he persuaded them to write their own stories and using the results, plus his own memories and researches he has written this moving and self-revealing book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0349111340/?tag=2022091-20
(Basil Street Blues and Mosaic ) Author: Michael Holroyd Nov-2010
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010DSZMB0/?tag=2022091-20
Augustus John : a biography. Volume 1, Volume 2 The years of innocence. The years of experience / by Michael Holroyd Complete in 2 vols
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Basil Street Blues by Holroyd, Michael (2000) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011MDDECE/?tag=2022091-20
Lytton Strachey
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140031987/?tag=2022091-20
Themes and Variations: The Drawings of Augustus John 1901-1931
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Augustus John: A biography
(Missing jacket, else as new)
Missing jacket, else as new
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0030138264/?tag=2022091-20
Augustus John: The New Biography
( Drawing on the mass of new material which has come to l...)
Drawing on the mass of new material which has come to light since the first edition was published in 1974, this revised biography presents a detailed account of the passionate and unruly life of the bohemian British painter, Augustus John, and his circle.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0099333015/?tag=2022091-20
Lytton Strachey: The New Biography
("This is as definitive a study of Strachey and his entire...)
"This is as definitive a study of Strachey and his entire fascinating era as one could wish. As always, master biographer Holroyd writes smoothly and with just the right amount of detail; no one will be bored--and the book's history notwithstanding, no one will be shocked by his revelations either. Highly recommended."--Library Journal. Photos.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374524653/?tag=2022091-20
Basil Street Blues and Mosaic by Michael Holroyd (4-Nov-2010) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012HU0MPS/?tag=2022091-20
Lytton Strachey: The New Biography
( "A triumphant success. . . . His prose is confident, cl...)
"A triumphant success. . . . His prose is confident, clear . . . occasionally perfect." ―Dennis Potter, The Times (London) "It is impossible to suppose that this ‘Life' will ever be superseded . . . the best literary biography to appear for many years."―John Rothenstein, New York Times "Written with vivacity and scrupulousness. . . . Michael Holroyd has a great novelist's sense of the obstinate mystery of the human person."―George Steiner, The New Yorker 30 b/w and 4 color photographs
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393327191/?tag=2022091-20
Augustus John: The New Biography
( This updated biography of the British painter reveals t...)
This updated biography of the British painter reveals the complete story of Augustus John and his circle. New material which includes letters from Joyce, Dylan Thomas, Shaw, Oskar Kokoschka, the Sitwells, and Sean O'Casey reveals John to be a pivotal cultural figure in the first quarter of this century.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/070116087X/?tag=2022091-20
Basil Street Blues a Family Story
(Michael Holroyd - the most famous biographer in Britain -...)
Michael Holroyd - the most famous biographer in Britain - turns his attention upon himself and his own family in BASIL STREET BLUES (the title comes from the Basil Street Hotel where the author was conceived in the 1930s). Born into a family rich in eccentricity, Holroyd was largely brought up by his grandparents in Maidenhead because his exotic Swedish mother and reserved English father couldn't stand living together. (His grandparents' marriage provided no better model - his grandfather having had a four year affair with a woman he met at a bus stop before coming back to his grandmother). Towards the end of Holroyd's parents lives he persuaded them to write their own stories and using the results, plus his own memories and researches he has written this moving and self-revealing book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316648159/?tag=2022091-20
Lytton Strachey: The New Biography
(When Michael Holroyd's life of Strachey first appeared in...)
When Michael Holroyd's life of Strachey first appeared in 1967, it was hailed as a landmark in contemporary biography. Drawing now on new material, published and unpublished, Holroyd has completely revised and rewritten his masterwork to tell the full story of this complex man and his world as it could not be told while many of Strachey's friends and lovers were still alive. And at the heart of the story is the poignant liasion between Strachey and the painter Dora Carrington. A panorama of the social, literary, political and sexual life of a generation, LYTTON STRACHEY reverberates in the mind like a great novel.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374194394/?tag=2022091-20
Bernard Shaw: The One-Volume Definitive Edition
( "We regard Mr. Holroyd with awe, as a prodigy among bio...)
"We regard Mr. Holroyd with awe, as a prodigy among biographers."―The New York Times Book Review In a single-volume format, Michael Holroyd's masterpiece of a biography offers new verve and pace; Shaw's world is more dramatically revealed as Holroyd counterpoints the private and public Shaw with inimitable insight and scholarship. 27 black-and-white illustrations
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393327183/?tag=2022091-20
- Basil Street Blues
- Lytton Strachey and the Bloomsbury Group: His Work, Their Influence (biography)
- (Lytton Strachey -- A New Biography ) Author: M Holroyd Dec-2005
- Augustus John - Vol. 1: The Years of Innocence by Michael Holroyd (1974-09-16)
- Augustus John: The New Biography by Michael Holroyd (1996-09-01)
- Lytton Strachey. A Critical Biography. Vol 1: The Unknown Years, Vol 2: The Years of Achievement. (Giles Lytton Strachey ( 1880 - 1932) was a British writer...)
- Augustus John: The New Biography by Michael Holroyd (2010-05-14)
- Lytton Strachey: A Biography by Michael Holroyd (1973-10-05)
- Lytton Strachey: The New Biography First edition by Holroyd, Michael (2005) Paperback (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
- Lytton Strachey by Michael Holroyd (1971-09-30)
Michael Holroyd
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Michael Holroyd, British author. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association (president England chapter 1986-1988), Society Authors (chairman 1973-1974), Arts Council of England (chairman literature panel 1992-1995), Royal Society of Literature (chairman 1998-2001, president since 2003).
Education
Eton College.
Career
Chairman Society of Authors 1973-1974, National Book League 1976-1978. Vice-Chairman Arts Council Literature Panel 1982-1983. President English Centre of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association 1985-1988.
Chairman Strachey Trust since 1990.
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Works
book
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Augustus John: The New Biography
(This 1997 revised and updated biography of the celebrated...)
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Augustus John: The New Biography
( Drawing on the mass of new material which has come to l...)
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Basil Street Blues a Family Story
(Michael Holroyd - the most famous biographer in Britain -...)
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Basil Street Blues
(Michael Holroyd - the most famous biographer in Britain -...)
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Lytton Strachey: The New Biography
(When Michael Holroyd's life of Strachey first appeared in...)
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Augustus John: The New Biography
( This updated biography of the British painter reveals t...)
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Lytton Strachey: The Unknown Years 1880-1910 & The Years of Achievement 1910-1932 (2 Volume Set)
(Work by first person to have access to noted biographer a...)
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Lytton Strachey: The New Biography
("This is as definitive a study of Strachey and his entire...)
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Lytton Strachey. A Critical Biography. Vol 1: The Unknown Years, Vol 2: The Years of Achievement.
(Giles Lytton Strachey ( 1880 - 1932) was a British writer...)
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Augustus John: A biography
(Missing jacket, else as new)
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Lytton Strachey: The New Biography First edition by Holroyd, Michael (2005) Paperback
(Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
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Lytton Strachey: The New Biography
( "A triumphant success. . . . His prose is confident, cl...)
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Bernard Shaw: The One-Volume Definitive Edition
( "We regard Mr. Holroyd with awe, as a prodigy among bio...)
-
Lytton Strachey and the Bloomsbury Group: His Work, Their Influence
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- Basil Street Blues
- (Lytton Strachey -- A New Biography ) Author: M Holroyd Dec-2005
- (Basil Street Blues: A Memoir ) Author: Michael Holroyd May-2001
- Augustus John - Vol. 1: The Years of Innocence by Michael Holroyd (1974-09-16)
- Lytton Strachey: the Unknown Years 1880-1910 (Vol. One), the Years of Achievement 1910-1932 (Vol. Two)
- Augustus John: The New Biography by Michael Holroyd (1996-09-01)
- Basil Street Blues: A Memoir
- (Basil Street Blues and Mosaic ) Author: Michael Holroyd Nov-2010
- Augustus John : a biography. Volume 1, Volume 2 The years of innocence. The years of experience / by Michael Holroyd Complete in 2 vols
- Augustus John: The New Biography by Michael Holroyd (2010-05-14)
- Basil Street Blues by Holroyd, Michael (2000) Paperback
- Lytton Strachey
- Themes and Variations: The Drawings of Augustus John 1901-1931
- Basil Street Blues and Mosaic by Michael Holroyd (4-Nov-2010) Paperback
- Lytton Strachey: A Biography by Michael Holroyd (1973-10-05)
- Lytton Strachey by Michael Holroyd (1971-09-30)
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Augustus John: The New Biography
Membership
Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association (president England chapter 1986-1988), Society Authors (chairman 1973-1974), Arts Council of England (chairman literature panel 1992-1995), Royal Society of Literature (chairman 1998-2001, president since 2003).
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Married Margaret Drabble in 1982.
