Helen Macdonald (writer)
Helen Macdonald, born in 1970, is an English writer, naturalist, and an Affiliated Research Scholar at the University of Cambridge Department of History and Philosophy of Science.[1][2] She is best known as the author of H is for Hawk, which won the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize[3] and Costa Book Award.[4] In 2016, it also won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France.
Biography
Helen Macdonald was educated at Cambridge University.[5] She was a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge from 2004 to 2007.[6] She is an Affiliated Research Scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge.[1]
Macdonald has written and narrated radio programmes, and appeared in the BBC Four documentary series, Birds Britannia, in 2010.[2] Her books include Shaler's Fish (2001), Falcon (2006), and H is for Hawk (2014).
Macdonald won the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction for H is for Hawk[7] The book—which also became a Sunday Times best-seller—describes the year Macdonald spent training a goshawk named Mabel after her father's death, and includes biographical material about the naturalist and writer T. H. White.[8]
Macdonald also helped make the film "10 X Murmuration" with filmmaker Sarah Wood as part of a 2015 exhibition at the Brighton festival.[9] In "H is for Hawk: A New Chapter", part of BBC's Natural World series in 2017, she trained a new goshawk chick.[10]
Works
- Macdonald, Helen (2001). Shaler's Fish. St Leonards on Sea: Etruscan Books. ISBN 978-1901538335.
- Macdonald, Helen (2006). Falcon. London: Reaktion Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1861892386.
- Macdonald, Helen (2014). H is for Hawk. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0224097000.
- Macdonald, Helen (2016). Falcon, new edition. London: Reaktion Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1780236414.
References
- ^ a b "Helen Macdonald, Department of History and Philosophy of Science". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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- ^ Clark, Nick. "Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction: Helen Macdonald wins with 'H is for Hawk'". The Independent. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ Anita Singh, H is for Hawk wins Costa Book of the Year award, The Telegraph, 27 January 2015.
- ^ House, Christian (27 January 2015). "H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, review: 'a soaring triumph'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "News and Events, Jesus College, Cambridge". Jesus College, cambridge. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Moss, Stephen (5 November 2014). "Helen Macdonald: a bird's eye view of love and loss". The Guardian.
- ^ Cambridge News, INTERVIEW: Cambridge author Helen Macdonald on grief, goshawks, and her best-selling book, H is for Hawk Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge News, 7 September 2014.
- ^ Helen Macdonald, Spies in the sky: Helen Macdonald on how birds reflect our national anxieties, The Guardian, 12 May 2015.
- ^ "H is for Hawk: A New Chapter". BBC. Retrieved 25 October 2017.