Katherine Rundell.
katherine rundell: JOHN DONNE BIOGRAPHY
super-infinite: THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF JOHN DONNE (2023)
Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023.
John Donne (born 1571) is one of the most famous English poets. He was a soldier, scholar, and secretary, who was under royal patronage appointed as Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Katherine Rundell (born 1987) was brought up in Harare, Zimbabwe, where her father had a diplomatic post. When she was 14 the family moved to Brussels. She took her undergraduate degree at St. Catherine;s College, Oxford, where in addition to her studies she took to rooftop climbing. After graduation she was appointed a fellow in English LIterature at All Souls College, Oxford. She has written that the entry process included a three hour written exam on the single word ‘novelty’. Rundell published several highly successful children’s books before moving into biography.
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