Adam Sisman
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| Born | 17 March 1954 London, England |
| Education | University of Sussex |
| Occupations | Writer, editor and biographer |
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| Genre | Biography |
| Notable awards | National Book Critics Circle Award |
| Website | adamsisman |
Adam Sisman (born 17 March 1954) is a British writer, editor and biographer. He received the National Book Critics Circle Award for his second book, Boswell's Presumptuous Task. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2015[1] and is an Honorary Professor of the University of St Andrews.[2]
Life
[edit]Sisman was born in London in 1954, the eldest child of David and Marjorie Sisman. He attended St Paul's School and then the University of Sussex, where he read history. After graduating, he worked in book publishing before becoming a writer. In 1979, he married Robyn Sisman, who died in 2016. They have two daughters.
Works
[edit]- A. J. P. Taylor: A Biography (1994)
- Boswell's Presumptuous Task (1999)
- Wordsworth and Coleridge: The Friendship (2006)
- Hugh Trevor-Roper (2010)
- John le Carré (2015)
- The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking (2019)
- The Secret Life of John le Carré (2023)
- The Indefatigable Asa Briggs (2025)
As editor
- Dashing for the Post: Selected Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor (2016)
- More Dashing: Further Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor (2018)
As co-editor with Richard Davenport-Hines
- One Hundred Letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper (2013)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sisman, Adam". Royal Society of Literature. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
- ↑ "MORE DASHING: AN EVENING WITH ADAM SISMAN AND ARTEMIS COOPER - Hatchards". Hatchards. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Adam Sisman at Bloomsbury. Archived 22 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- "Adam Sisman on John Le Carre", Open Book, BBC Radio 4, October 2015.
- Adam Sisman at Profile Books
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