Simon Sebag-Montefiore
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Simon Sebag-Montefiore (born 1965) is a British historian and writer. He was educated at Ludgrove School,[citation needed] Harrow, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read history.[1]
Montefiore’s books are world bestsellers, published in 33 languages. His first history book, Catherine the Great & Potemkin, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson, Duff Cooper, and Marsh Biography Prizes.[1] Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won History Book of the Year at the 2004 British Book Awards.[2] Young Stalin won the LA Times Book Prize for Best Biography,[3] the Costa Book Award,[4] the Bruno Kreisky Award for Political Literature,[1] the Prix de la Biographie Politique[5] and has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.[6]
Miramax Films and Ruby Films have bought the rights and are currently developing a movie of Young Stalin.[7]
He also wrote a novel, Sashenka, and his next history book is Jerusalem: the Biography, a fresh history of the Middle East.[5]
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children.[1] His father-in-law is the landowner Charles Palmer-Tomkinson, his brother is Hugh Sebag-Montefiore and his sister-in-law is the socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.[8] His friends include Prince Charles and Conservative Party leader David Cameron.
[edit] Books
- Non Fiction
- Jerusalem: the Biography, a fresh history of the Middle East, ...
- 101 World Heroes, 2009
- Monsters – History's most evil men and women, 2008
- Young Stalin, 2008
- My Affair with Stalin, 2004
- Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, 2005, 2004 ISBN 1400042305 ISBN 978-1400042302
- Potemkin: Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner, 2005
Catherine the Great and Potemkin, 2004 - Speeches that Changed the World: The Stories and Transcripts of the Moments that Made History, 2008, 2007
Speeches that Changed the World, 2007 - Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution: Bolshevik Self-Portraits (Annals of Communism Series) with Alexander Vatlin, Larisa Malashenko and Vadim A. Staklo, 2006
- A History of Caucasus, 2005 ISBN 0297819259 ISBN 978-0297819257
- King's Parade, 1992
- Fiction
- Sashenka, 2008
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c d "Simon Sebag Montefiore" (in English). Newsnight Review. BBC News. 18 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/7513650.stm. Retrieved on 4 May 2009.
- ^ "Past Winners" (in English). Galaxy British Book Awards. 2009. http://www.britishbookawards.co.uk/past_winners.asp?. Retrieved on 4 May 2009.
- ^ "2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Awarded" (in English). Los Angeles Times. 25 April 2008. http://www.latimes.com/services/newspaper/mediacenter/releases/la-mediacenter-2008-0427,0,7098550.story. Retrieved on 4 May 2009.
- ^ Anderson, Hephzibah (2 January 2008). "A.L. Kennedy's `Day,' Montefiore's `Young Stalin' Win Costas" (in English). Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aR9kP.dLwDjk&refer=muse. Retrieved on 4 May 2009.
- ^ a b "Simon Sebag Montefiore - The Author" (in English). Orion Books. 2008. http://www.simonsebagmontefiore.com/author.aspx. Retrieved on 4 May 2009.
- ^ Flood, Alison (26 August 2008). "Biographer celebrates 'fairy gold' prize win" (in English). Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/26/books.prize.best.biography?gusrc=rss&feed=culture. Retrieved on 4 May 2009.
- ^ Ward, Vicky (22 January 2008). "History in the Making" (in English). Vanity Fair. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/montefiore200801. Retrieved on 4 May 2009.
- ^ Cavendish, Lucy (7 March 2005). "Royalty, Tara and best-selling books" (in English). This Is London. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-17098939-details/Royalty,+Tara+and+best-selling+books/article.do. Retrieved on 4 May 2009.
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