Nicholas Lezard
| Nicholas Lezard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 (age 62–63) |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| 💼 Occupation | Journalist, author and literary critic |
| 👪 Relatives | Julien Lezard (great-uncle) |
Nicholas Andrew Selwyn Lezard[1] (born 1963) is an English journalist, author and literary critic.
Background and education
Nicholas Lezard's great-uncle Julien Lezard (1902–1958) was a barrister and society figure, who served in the Special Operations Executive. Julien Lezard married Hilda Cooper.[2][3][4]
Lezard was educated at The Hall School, Hampstead, Westminster School,[5] and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1984, MA 1990).[1]
Career
From 2007 to 2017, he had a weekly column, "Nicholas Lezard's choice", reviewing paperback books for The Guardian.[6] He also writes for The Independent, and contributes the "Down and Out" column for the New Statesman.[7] His book The Nolympics: One Man's Struggle Against Sporting Hysteria was published in 2012 by Penguin Books.[8] Lezard's memoir, Bitter Experience Has Taught Me, about his life after a marriage ended, was published in 2013.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 December 1991, Cambridge University Press, p. 814
- ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 1, p. 890
- ↑ Hide and Seek, Xan Fielding, Secker and Warburg, 1954
- ↑ Me and Other Originals, Charles Johnston, Hamish Hamilton, 1971
- ↑ Lezard, Nicholas (21 November 2018). "On Being a Jew-ish Schoolboy".
- ↑ "Nicholas Lezard's choice". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ↑ "Writers". www.newstatesman.com.
- ↑ Lezard, Nicholas (14 September 2012). "NIcholas Lezard: writing the Olympics". The Guardian.
- ↑ Blincoe, Nicholas (19 July 2013). "Bitter Experience Has Taught Me, by Nicholas Lezard, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
External links
- Nicholas Lezard on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Nicholas Lezard at journalisted
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