Nicholas Lezard
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Nicholas Lezard | |
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| Born | 1963 (age 62–63) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupations | Journalist, author and literary critic |
| Relatives | Julien Lezard (great-uncle) |
Nicholas Andrew Selwyn Lezard[1] (born 1963) is an English journalist, author and literary critic.
Background and education
[edit]Nicholas Lezard's great-uncle Julien Lezard (1902–1958) was a barrister and society figure, who served in the Special Operations Executive. Julien Lezard married Hilda Cooper.[2][3][4]
Lezard was educated at The Hall School, Hampstead, Westminster School,[5] and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1984, MA 1990).[1]
Career
[edit]Lezard was literary editor of Modern Review, which appeared from 1991 to 1995 and again briefly in 1997.[6] From 2007 to 2017, he had a weekly column, "Nicholas Lezard's choice", reviewing paperback books for The Guardian.[7] He also writes for The Independent, and contributes the "Down and Out" column for the New Statesman.[8] His book The Nolympics: One Man's Struggle Against Sporting Hysteria was published in 2012 by Penguin Books.[9] Lezard's memoir, Bitter Experience Has Taught Me, about his life after a marriage ended, was published in 2013.[10] Two more volumes of memoir have subsequently appeared.
Lezard was awarded the Jack Trevor Story Memorial Cup for 2015.[11]
In 2018 Lezard was a judge for the Goldsmiths Prize, alongside Adam Mars-Jones, Elif Shafak and Deborah Levy.[6]
Books
[edit]- The Nolympics: One Man's Struggle Against Sporting Hysteria. Penguin, 2012. ISBN 978-0718197629
- Bitter Experience Has Taught Me. Faber & Faber, 2013. ISBN 978-0571299164
- It Gets Worse: Adventures in Love, Loss and Penury. Salt Publishing, 2019. ISBN 978-1784632106
- From The Castle to the Hove-l. Salt Publishing, 2025. ISBN 978-1784633516
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 December 1991, Cambridge University Press, p. 814
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 1, p. 890
- ^ Hide and Seek, Xan Fielding, Secker and Warburg, 1954
- ^ Me and Other Originals, Charles Johnston, Hamish Hamilton, 1971
- ^ Lezard, Nicholas (21 November 2018). "On Being a Jew-ish Schoolboy".
- ^ a b "The Goldsmiths Prize 2018". Goldsmiths University of London. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
- ^ "Nicholas Lezard's choice". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Writers". www.newstatesman.com.
- ^ Lezard, Nicholas (14 September 2012). "NIcholas Lezard: writing the Olympics". The Guardian.
- ^ Blincoe, Nicholas (19 July 2013). "Bitter Experience Has Taught Me, by Nicholas Lezard, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ Leith, Sam (3 August 2015). "Air shows - the high-risk activity we pay to see". The Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
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- 1960s births
- Living people
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- English literary critics
- English male journalists
- English people of South African descent
- New Statesman people
- People educated at The Hall School, Hampstead
- People educated at Westminster School, London
- The Guardian journalists
- The Independent people