Ann Wroe.
ANNE WROE
LIFESCAPES: A BIOGRAPHER’S SEARCH FOR THE SOUL (2023)
A Financial Times, Sunday Times and Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2023.
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography.
Anne Wroe’s book is a mix of observation, memoir and biography. She describes her fascination with people’s lives, and how she chose her subjects for biography.
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Ann Wroe (born 1951) is an author and journalist who writes the obituary page in the Economist magazine. Her obituaries seek to capture the essence of the person, rather than (as is the case in other obituaries) giving a chonological account of their lives. Wroe has published several books, including biographies of Pontius Pilate, Perkin Warbeck, Shelley, and St. Francis of Assisi. She obtained a first class degree and PhD in History at the University of Oxford. Before joining the Economist in 1976 she worked at the BBC World Service.
