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Melvyn Bragg


Born
in Carlisle (Cumberland), The United Kingdom
October 06, 1939


Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, FRSL, FRTS (born 6 October 1939) is an English author, broadcaster and media personality who, aside from his many literary endeavours, is perhaps most recognised for his work on The South Bank Show.

Bragg is a prolific novelist and writer of non-fiction, and has written a number of television and film screenplays. Some of his early television work was in collaboration with Ken Russell, for whom he wrote the biographical dramas The Debussy Film (1965) and Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1967), as well as Russell's film about Tchaikovsky, The Music Lovers (1970). He is president of the National Academy of Writing. His 2008 novel, Remember Me is a largely autobiographical story.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 11,987 ratings · 1,429 reviews · 135 distinct works • Similar authors
The Adventure of English: T...
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The Soldier's Return
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Credo
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Richard Burton: A Life
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Back in the Day: A Memoir
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12 Books That Changed the W...
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Grace and Mary
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Now is the Time
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A Son of War
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“Shakespeare shoved into bed together words that scarcely knew each other before, had never even been introduced.”
― Melvyn Bragg, The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
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“The masculine pronouns are he, his and him But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim! So our English, I think you’ll all agree Is the trickiest language you ever did see.”
― Melvyn Bragg, The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
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“That, too, is part of this adventure — there are both casualties and survivors as this hungry creature, English, demanded more and more subjects.”
― Melvyn Bragg, The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
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