Sue Prideaux is an Anglo-Norwegian writer. Her grandmother was muse to the explorer

Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (, ; ; 16 July 1872 – ) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen bega ...

and her godmother was painted by

Edvard Munch Edvard Munch ( , ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, ''The Scream'' (1893), has become one of Western art's most iconic images. His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dr ...

, whose biography she later wrote under the title ''Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream''.

Awards and distinctions

*2005

James Tait Black Memorial Prize The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are literary prizes awarded for literature written in the English language. They, along with the Hawthornden Prize, are Britain's oldest literary awards. Based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Unit ...

''Munch'' *2012

Samuel Johnson Prize The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, is an annual British book prize for the best non-fiction writing in the English language. It was founded in 1999 following the demise of the NCR Book Award. With its m ...

, shortlist, ''Strindberg'' *2012

Duff Cooper Prize The Duff Cooper Prize is a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of history, biography, political science or occasionally poetry, published in English or French. The prize was established in honour of Duff Cooper, a British diplomat, C ...

''Strindberg'' *2019

Hawthornden Prize The Hawthornden Prize is a British literary award that was established in 1919 by Alice Warrender, who was born at Hawthornden Castle. Authors under the age of 41 are awarded on the quality of their "imaginative literature", which can be written ...

''Nietzsche''

Works

*''Rude mechanicals'', Abacus, 1997 *''Magnetic North'', Little, Brown, 1998 *''Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream'', Yale University Press, 2005 *''Thore Heramb'', Labyrinth, 2006 *''Strindberg: A Life'', 2012 *''

I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche ''I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche'' is a 2018 biography of Friedrich Nietzsche written by Sue Prideaux Sue Prideaux is an Anglo-Norwegian writer. Her grandmother was muse to the explorer Roald Amundsen and her godmother was painted by Edvard ...

'', 2018

References

External links

Official Sue Prideaux site
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