Coleridge biography wins Whitbread Book of the Year

Title

Coleridge biography wins Whitbread Book of the Year

Genre

Biography; News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

25 Jan 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:32

Description

Camilla Affleck reports on Richard Holmes’s biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Coleridge: Early Visions - winning the Whitbread Book of the Year award. Includes Holmes reading from his book and talking about Coleridge and judge Brenda Maddox on the book.

Contributors

Camilla Affleck; Richard Holmes; Brenda Maddox

Keywords

Books; Authors; Awards; Writers; Biographies; Literary prizes; Biographers; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Coleridge: Early Visions; Richard Holmes

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