Jenny Uglow
English biographer and critic (born 1947) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Jenny Uglow?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Jennifer Sheila Uglow OBE FRSL (née Crowther,[1][2] born 1947) is an English biographer, historian, critic and publisher. She was an editorial director of Chatto & Windus. She has written critically acclaimed biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell, William Hogarth, Thomas Bewick, and Edward Lear, and a history and joint biography of the Lunar Society, among others, and has also compiled The Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography.
Jenny Uglow | |
---|---|
Born | 1947 (age 76–77) |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Subject | Arts |
Notable awards | James Tait Black Memorial Prize Hessell-Tiltman Prize Marfield Prize |
Spouse | Steve Uglow, m. 1971 |
Children | 4 |
She won the 2002 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the 2003 Hessell-Tiltman Prize for The Lunar Men: The Friends who Made the Future 1730–1810, and her works have twice been shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. She is a past president of the Alliance of Literary Societies and has also chaired the Council of the Royal Society of Literature.