Andrea Wulf
Andrea Wulf | |
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Born |
1972 New Delhi, India |
Occupation | Writer |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Notable works | The Brother Gardeners, This Other Eden, Founding Gardeners, Chasing Venus, The Invention of Nature, Alexander Humboldt's New World |
Andrea Wulf (born 1972 in New Delhi, India) is a historian and writer, lives in Britain, and has written books, newspaper articles and book reviews.
She studied design history at The Royal College of Art, London and is a public speaker, delivering lectures in the UK and USA. Wulf was the guest speaker at the Kitt Peak (KPNO)
Her book The Brother Gardeners, published in April 2008, was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and received a CBHL Annual Literature Award in 2010.
In 2016 she won the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize and the Royal Geographical Society's Ness Award for her book The Invention of Nature.[1] [2]
Books
- This Other Eden: Seven Great Gardens and 300 Years of English History Little, Brown, 2005, ISBN 9780316725804
- The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession Vintage Books, 2008, ISBN 9780307454751
- Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation Knopf Doubleday, 2012, ISBN 9780307390684
- Chasing Venus: the Race to Measure the Heavens (2012) ISBN 9780307958617
- The Invention of Nature: How Alexander Von Humboldt Revolutionized Our World, Hodder And Stoughton Limited, 2015, ISBN 9781848548985
Interviews and TV Appearances
- 2012
- BBC World Service: panellist on The World Today Weekend
- CBS Evening News, "Chasing Venus" interview
- BBC Radio 3 Night Waves, interview re the "... Making of Landscape" exhibition at the Royal Academy
- 2013: BBC Radio 4, interviewed on Lisa Jardine's programme 'Seven Ages of Science'
- 2014: BBC TV (BBC Four), co-presenter 'British Gardens in Time'
Radio interviews with Andrea Wulf have been broadcast in USA, Germany and Australia
References
- ↑ "The Royal Society announces the winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ↑ "2016 medals and awards recipients announced". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
External links
- Review of This Other Eden, The Guardian, Nov 26, 2005
- Review of The Brother Gardeners, The Daily Telegraph, April 13, 2008
- Review of The Brother Gardeners, The Guardian, May 10, 2008
- Review of The Founding Gardeners, The Daily Telegraph, Feb 25, 2011
- Review of Chasing Venus, The Daily Telegraph, June 18, 2012
- Samuel Johnson Prize Longlist Announcement
- CBHL Annual Literature Award Announcement
- Official Website
- Andrea's page, Conville and Walsh literary agency
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