He portrays the great artist as a self-confident, self-taught entrepreneur: da Vinci never stopped promoting his abilities to wealthy benefactors. A magnificent one-volume abridgement of one of the greatest literary biographies of our time Joseph Frank's award-winning, five-volume Dostoevsky is widely recognized as the best biography of the writer in any languageand one of the greatest literary biographies of the past half-century. When youre choosing a biography to read, consider the people you admire, as well as the individuals youd like to better understand. Gabriel writes with extraordinary charm and vitally shes consummate at keeping the lives of her multiple protagonists both clear and intertwined. The truth is that it is impossible to satisfy everyone with a single definitive biography of Shakespeare. A chunk of it is a flashback to Jane Austens actual life, but the bulk of the book is about her afterlife, the making of her reputation, "Its not the 'and then, and then' formulation of the 20th century biography. The original source of an enormous amount of this information is the literary biography, and in the case of most authors, there are precious few examples of such books. The book reads like a novel without sacrificing historical accuracy and scholarly rigor. Samuel Johnson, author of the 1755 A Dictionary of the English Language, was not a hard-hearted Tory caricature, but a champion of the poor and enslaved, according to Margaret Thatchers Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Peter Lilley. Dr. Angela Duckworths New York Times best seller identifies the key ingredients for success whether you are an NFL professional football player, or an aspiring Army officer at West Point. Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, Valerie Boyd. Whether you're looking for new biographies, or outstanding works written decades or even centuries ago, we have some recommendations. -Emily Bernard (The Times Literary Supplement). Adams is known for not holding back when it came to his desire for the American Revolution, but he also kept his country from an unnecessary war. Parting the Waters Clive Fishers biography swan-dives into the craziness. Here, historian Richard Toye chooses the best books to help you understand the man behind the myths and Churchills own role in making those myths. The author gives readers insight to the boys highly sensitive nature, allowing us to experience the things he experienced in the richness of life in the Elizabethan era. Edith Wharton: A Biography by RWB. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1947) This autobiography, one of the most famous books about the Holocaust, takes the form of a collection of writings from the diary Anne Frank kept for. Sharon Marcus, professor of literature at Columbia University and author of The Drama of Celebrity, recommends the best new celebrity memoirs. This multi-volume biography of Langston Hughes is indispensable for the way it charts his peripatetic life, which took him from Mexico to the Soviet Union and elsewhere. The biggest cheat on this list some may argue that Fanon is not literary, and that Maceys work does not constitute a literary biography. There are many, many biographers of Dante, but Reynolds, for me, does the best work when it comes to pulling together the strands of the poets highly tempestuous biography. Using a collection of letters, unpublished manuscripts, diaries, and legal documents, Fraser crafts a masterpiece biography. From Shakespeare to Shelley, Edith Wharton to VS Naipaul literatures greats have biographies to match. 8. Topics are things like World War 1, dinosaurs, grief, or jazz. It has energy and a great deal of unassertive yet far-reaching scholarship. Hugo Vickers talks about what makes a good royal biography, and how he helped Helena Bonham Carter prepare for her film role as the Queen Mother. Parting the Waters James Kirkup (translator). Drawing from original records of the expedition, the biography shows us a clear look at the challenges Lewis and Clark faced in the wilderness, including the possibility of attack from Native Americans, sudden natural disasters, and other hardships. Five Books participates in the Amazon Associate program and earns money from qualifying purchases. By Lauren Groff. The Imperfect Life of T S Eliot by Lyndall Gordon (1998) This brings together Eliots Early Years a truly groundbreaking book and Eliots New Life. The first biography of Barrett Browning in more than three decades, with unique access to the poet's abundant correspondence. Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Nancy Milford. This book is tragically out of print in America. Via five engrossing memoirs, the Zimbabwe-born journalist Georgina Godwin talks wistfully about her country; amongst the older generation, she says,there is a feeling thatRhodesia was sold down the river by Britain and things neednt have turned out the way they did. The Jew of Malta essays are academic essays for citation. Tolstoy by A N Wilson (1989) Wilson writes so well, and he brings a blazing critical intelligence to bear as well as novelistic skills in assembling a great life of a great writer. In Prairie Fires, Caroline Fraser takes a deeper look into the true story of Wilders life. She has also written several books, both fiction and nonfiction. Josephine Teyby Jennifer Morag. Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Fiona Sampson is a leading British poet and writer, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, awarded an MBE for services to literature. Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft, Lyndall Gordon. It is censorious and even weird. Boswells study of Samuel Johnson is our benchmark for the form of literary biography. I've rounded up seven great new literary biographies for you to check out. Flannery: A Life of Flannery OConnor, Brad Gooch. Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand introduces us to Louis Zamperini, a stubborn delinquent boy who grew into an Olympic runner. Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow: The Tragic Courtship and Marriage of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore: A History of Love and Violence Among the African American Elite, Eleanor Alexander. Here she highlights the five fantastic books shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle 2019 biography award, and how historical lives provide insight into contemporary culture. By the time Richard Holmes published Footsteps, in 1985, hed already written critically acclaimed biographies of a number of Romantic greats: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thophile Gautier, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Grard de Nerval. Nor was it actually the only biographical study of Johnson published at the time. Modjeska's book investigates the life patterns of women artists, most of whom have been unable to manage such a neat compartmentalization of daily life and creativity.Stravinsky's Lunch tells the stories of two extraordinary women, both born close to the turn of the century in Australia Veteran audiobook reviewer Robin Whitten, editor of Audiofile magazine, recommends the best audiobooks about US presidents, and explains the crucial role of professional narrators in bringing big books to life. But the family guarded an important secret: the girl was intellectually disabled. Feavers transcript forms the core of his definitive two-volume biography. Rome. Something went wrong while loading recommendations. Stephen Mansfield expertly portrays the life and works of respected historian Winston Churchill. Here he chooses five books that draw on the countrys long tradition of biographical writing. Praise 4. This year's prize went to a book about George III: The Last King of America by the British biographer Andrew Roberts. From a brave account by the Stanford rape case survivor Chanel Miller to New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrows gripping tale of investigating the Harvey Weinstein scandal, its been a golden year for autobiography. : Or, The Artist as Craftsman, Memoirs of the Life of John Constable: Composed Chiefly of His Letters, Nollekens and his Times: Comprehending A Life Of That Celebrated Sculptor, And Memoirs Of Several Contemporary Artists, With Eagles to Glory: Napoleon and His German Allies in the 1809 Campaign, With Napoleon in Russia: Memoirs of General de Caulaincourt, Duke of Vicenza, Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen, El Cuaderno italiano, 1770-1786: los orgenes del arte de Goya, Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume One: Not For Turning, Not for Turning: The Life of Margaret Thatcher, Bad Faith: A History of Family and Fatherland, Dr Johnson and Mr Savage - a biographical mystery, The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation, Leonardo da Vinci: i documenti e le testimonianze contemporanee, The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives, The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art, The Self-Aware Image: An Insight Into Early Modern Meta-Painting, Some of our favourite philosophical biographies. UNLOCK THE KEY TO SUCCESS In this must-read for anyone seeking to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth takes us on an eye-opening journey to discover the true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement. With Hamilton being one of the most controversial and misunderstood figures in American history, Chernow sets out to clear the facts about this man. Sisman dutifully unravels the life and work of the little understood biographer. He isnt one of these people who try to make their books into vehicles for titillation, and the fact is that most lives dont deserve that, even if serialisation demands it. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe. Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith, Andrew Wilson. Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser. This biography maps the development of this mind beginning with the death of Dicks infant twin sister. This Though the world at first recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity ultimately won her the acceptance of the male medical establishment. Dante: The Poet, the Political Thinker, the Man, Barbara Reynolds. The youngest sister, Sophia, married Nathaniel Hawthorne. Richard Wright: The Life and Times, Hazel Rowley. A vast shelf of biographies of the Bard exists, but this is the book I would take with me to a desert island along with Shakespeares plays. Queen Victoria was anything but Victorian and Lord Byron was more vulnerable than we think, says writer Jonathan Keates who considers emails a poor substitute for a hand-written correspondence. From a struggle in the open ocean, battling starvation and leaping sharks, Zamperini would show resourcefulness and resilience in the midst of hopelessness. Published in thirty-seven languages, shes the recipient of numerous national and international awards. Acker's life was a fable; and to describe the confusion and love and conflicting agendas behind these memorials would be to sketch an apocryphal allegory of an artistic life in the late twentieth century. I still think its one of the most beautiful memoirs ever written. We ask experts to recommend the five best books in their subject and explain their selection in an interview. Thank you for creating it. FSG is reprinting Loys work, and its relatively safe to assume that the vanguardist writer is on the verge of a renaissance. Unbroken will inspire you to keep going despite the challenges of life. The first biography of Barrett Browning in more than three decades, with unique access to the poet's abundant correspondence,Two-Way Mirrorholds up a mirror to the woman, her art, and the art of biography itself. 1. Few people have had their ideas reinvented as many times as the German intellectual and political activist, Karl Marx. This is probably the most perfect match of biography to subject on the entire list. She delves into Lincolns character, which the author believes is key to his success. Boswells Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson, Adam Sisman. Written basically for children they transcend age barriers because of their universal nature: they reach the deepest levels of the human condition, each story demonstrating something profound about what it means to be a human being Read more on Hans Christian Anderson >> Its still the definitive choice, and possibly the best melding of literary sympathy and revision on this list. Jung Chang and Jon Halliday spent a decade researching and interviewing Mao Zedongs circle of friends and family in Chinaa group that has remained largely mum over the years. Read Now Lifehack is reader-supported. In telling stories of lives that are often very different from our own and yet connected to us by our common humanity, biographies are some of the most compelling nonfiction books around. I should also admit that in the course of researching this post, I found a regrettable dearth of literary biographies of Arab and Asian authors this being largely a function of the myopia of American publishing, and the usual requirement that the author no longer be living. Now Frank's monumental, 2,500-page work has been skillfully abridged and condensed in this single . Writing a traditional biography of Shakespeare is impossible, says Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro. He includes several examples of how Stalin would initially reach out to others, such as fellow politicians or party members, but end up abandoningor even eliminating themas he pursued his own goals. He presents the direct results of Hamiltons unrelenting efforts to push his ideas, many of which were disputed greatly during his time. Edith Wharton: A Biography by RWB Lewis (1975) Full of scholarship and astute readings, with a fine general sense of the times as well. authors picked as one of their favorite books, and they share First as Josephine Tey, and then as the playwright Gordon Daviot, she established one of the strangest and most unexplored literary careers of the 20th century. Dont be put off if youve never heard of them (though their work is wonderful). Five fascinating books about scientists, selected by historian of science Jimena Canales. A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century,Simone de Beauvoir'sMemoirs of a Dutiful Daughteroffers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s. To tell your own story is to confront and construct your deepest sense of self. The author shares the sensitive care Rosemarys parents gave to her, but also deals with the complexity the family had to face with their rising fame and Rosemarys limitations. An increasing diversity of voices and willingness to experiment has heralded a new golden age of autobiography, says literary critic Laurie Hertzel. 15 Best Autobiographies You Need to Read Here're some of the best autobiographies for your perusal. Many biographers have undertaken a study of Abraham Lincolns life, but Doris Kearns Goodwins original take on Lincolns prowess in politics gives this biography a distinctive feel. Ramachandra Guha, author of a new two-part biography of Gandhi, introduces us to books that give a fuller picture of the man who came to be known as Mahatma Gandhi. Rousseau, whose pioneering Romantic political philosophy was by then already influential, was setting out to do something equally new when he decided to study human nature, taking as his . The inner life is a mystery but the best biographies expose the hidden kernel of a person, says literary biographer and academic, Lyndall Gordon. Meacham uses newly discovered family letters and documents to detail the drama that affected the family and Jacksons inner circle of advisers. as one of their favorite books, and they share One of the best modern examples of literary biography, with its artfully chosen detail and narrative arc combining with a close reading of major texts. Marcel Proust: A Biography, George Painter. Remarkably attractive Rosemary, daughter of Joe and Rose Kennedy, enjoyed attending exclusive schools and was even presented to the Queen of England as a debutante. In 1849, she became the first woman in America to receive an M.D. Fiona Sampson is a leading British poet and writer, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, awarded an MBE for services to literature. Hitler has a reputation as the incarnation of evil. Together, Fraser also deals with the difficult relationship between Wilder and her journalist daughter Rose Wilder Lane, and addresses questions of ghostwriting that have surrounded her books. Though encyclopedic, Branchs story-telling is rivetingweaving together personalities, legalities, strategies, and geography in a way that made me feel as if I were there witnessing history as it was made. The granddaddy of literary autobiography and biography, Jean-Jacques Rousseaus Confessions was written in 1769 but published posthumously in 1782. This biography of the love affair between between Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson both relatively unknown American poets and writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries unearths a sadly lost chapter of American letters. Goochs recent biography maps the literary relationships she cultivated while confined to a farm because of chronic illness. The idea of writing about authors is, for me, irresistible, and Ive just published my seventh. Janice P. Nimura digs deep into the diaries and letters of the Blackwell sisters, who were among the very first women in America to be trained as doctors. Sister Brother: Gertrude and Leo Stein, Brenda Wineapple. Former Time editor Walter Isaacson wrote this extraordinary biography of the legendary Steve Jobs through a series of more than 40 interviews that took place over two years. Gail Simmons, who follows an old English pilgrimage route in her book Between the Chalk and the Sea, selects five hiking memoirs that celebrate the liberation that comes from putting one foot after another. Still my favorite Plath biography, Wagner-Martins book was the first to take into account her unpublished writings. Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt, The Imperfect Life of T S Eliot by Lyndall Gordon, The World Is What It Is by Patrick French. 1. Isaacson once again proves his writing prowess with this biography of one of historys greatest artists, Leonardo da Vinci. Its their frailty that makes politicians such interesting characters, says Tony Blairs biographer Anthony Seldon. Hailing from the Caribbean, he grew up to become George Washingtons aide-de-camp in the army. Some of the literary biographies that have been recommended on Five Books. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell. Tracing his journey through college and adulthood, the book gives a good insight into the thought processes of this genius known for his unruly hair and ragged outfits. You can read more in our interview with Alex Christofi on the best Fyodor Dostoevsky books. But it is widely considered the foundation of literary biography. The traumas of the 20th century hit Eastern Europe hard a region of changing borders, uncertain identity, and shattering of moral norms. In her book The Rival Queens, historian Nancy Goldstone explored the destructive relationship between Marguerite de Valois and her mother Catherine de Medici. What might Leonardo be doing were he alive today, in our own digital age? They include Lee Krasner and Elaine de Kooning, whose careers were at times overshadowed by the fame of their husbands, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, but who emerged as stunning talents in their own right, as well as a younger Ive heard that this biography of James Baldwin, the greatest American essayist, will be reprinted in 2015. Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter Famously hard to pin down, much of what we know about Flannery OConnors life comes from her correspondences with writers like Thomas Merton. This brilliant book involves its author and even the reader in an untricksy but radical look at the self who makes. I disagree. The journalist and communism expert selects books that capture the spirit of the age. Rowleys study of the author of Native Son remains, to my knowledge, the best. Middlebrooks 1991 biography of Sexton was controversial for its sexual and psychosexual revelations, but it was nominated, nonetheless, for the National Book Award. The author conducted countless interviews with Knight in order to craft this detailed biography, exploring his motives and experiences. He explores Einsteins childhood and school experiences, luring readers into the emotional struggles that the young boy experienced. France, Mental illness, sexual abuse, and suicide: all are woven together in this, the best-written of Woolf biographies. James Joyce by Richard Ellmann (1959) One of the best modern examples of literary biography, with its artfully chosen detail and narrative arc combining with a close reading of major texts. This greatest diarist in English gets the Tomalin treatment. John Adams, who also became the second president of the United States, is a great inspiration to many young Americans. The author vividly brings many of Catherines family members and friends, enemies, and lovers to life in this fascinating narrative. This genre offers a great opportunity to learn about important figures, study the time period they lived in, and even understand more about the human condition. Opiates, utopian dreams, economic difficulties, and later, huge success: the life of the author of Little Women was meticulously woven into her own books. We see Eliot in all of his alienated grandeur here, a deeply strange man, prejudiced, terrified of women, and yet massively gifted as a poet and critic. Somehow, still, this robust biography of great Argentine still manages to be riveting. leading with character. J. Cohen (translator). And it suggests that we need additional biographical studies of both writers. Henry James by Leon Edel (Five volumes: 1953 to 1972)Ive read these at least five times, slowly. This prizewinning look at Elizabeth Gaskell led to a renaissance in interest about her work. This is a compelling tale told well. 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