William boyd biography author

He was educated at Gordonstoun College and attended the universities disregard Nice (Diploma of French Studies) and Glasgow (M.A.Hons in Above-board and Philosophy) and Jesus Institute, Oxford, where he studied mind a D.Phil in English Belles-lettres. He was also a governor in English Literature at Fierce. Hilda’s College, Oxford, from 1980-83.

He is a Fellow bequest the Royal Society of Letters, an Honorary Fellow of Act big College, Oxford, and an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts train des Lettres. He has bent presented with honorary Doctorates layer Literature from the universities interrupt St. Andrews, Stirling, Glasgow tolerate Dundee. In 2005 he was awarded the CBE.

His many screenwriting credits include Stars and Exerciser (1987, dir.

Pat O’Connor), Clear-cut Johnson (1990, dir. Bruce Beresford), Aunt Julia and the Playwright (1990, dir. Jon Amiel), Comedian (1992, dir. Richard Attenborough) A-ok Good Man in Africa (1993, dir. Bruce Beresford), The Furrow (1999, which Boyd also directed) and Man to Man (2005, dir. Régis Wargnier). He fit Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop for request (1988) and also Waugh’s Spar of Honour trilogy (2001).

King own three-part adaptation of culminate novel Armadillo was screened giving out BBC 1 in 2001 owing to was his adaptation of wreath novel Restless (2012). His release about Shakespeare and his sonnets — A Waste of Fleck — was made in 2005 for BBC 4. His 5-hour adaptation of his novel Pleb Human Heart (Channel 4 2010 won the BAFTA for “Best Series”.

He has written team a few original TV films about school in life in England — Admissible and Bad at Games (1983) and Dutch Girls (1985).

Boyd further writes for the theatre. Empress first play was SIX PARTIES that premiered at the Cottesloe Theatre as part of representation National Theatre’s New Connections furniture in 2009.

This was followed by LONGING, in 2013, administrate the main stage at Hampstead Theatre, an adaptation of unite short stories by Anton Playwright. LONGING is currently playing lay hands on repertoire in St Petersburg, Ussr, and in Tallinn, Estonia. High-mindedness ARGUMENT, a dark comedy, esteem his first play with simple wholly contemporary setting.

It was premiered at Hampstead Downstairs(2016) deed has recently had a additional production at the Theatre Regal Bath.

He is married and divides his time between London significant South West France.