Melvyn Bragg

Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto)

Ed. by Gillian Fenwick, University of Toronto
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 6 Oct 1939
Activity 1970-ongoing

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Essayist
Film/TV Script-writer/ Screenwriter
Journalist
Radio Broadcaster / Producer

Other

Novelist

Resources

Bragg's Works

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Melvyn Bragg, The Right Honourable The Lord Bragg, CH, Hon FRS, FBA, FRSL, is best known in Britain as a television and radio broadcaster. He is also a successful writer of fiction, biography, television scripts, film screenplays, and books on the history of ideas and language. He has written for the

Daily Mail

Evening Standard

Guardian,

and

Observer

. He has pioneered British arts broadcasting for more than forty years, presenting discussion and analysis of theatre, opera, film, music, the visual arts and literature in an accessible and entertaining way. He has made important contributions through books, radio and television to the popularisation of science and intellectual history, and has been in the forefront of media debate on globalisation, democracy, and religious history. He…

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Citation: Fenwick, Gillian. "Melvyn Bragg". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 February 2009; last revised 30 June 2021. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=541, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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