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Edmund de Waal

(1964) Non-fiction Writer United Kingdom

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Edmund de Waal is a non-fiction writer from the United Kingdom, best known for The Hare With Amber Eyes A Hidden Inheritance.

Quick Facts About Edmund de Waal

Born
January 1, 1964
Nationality
United Kingdom
Profession
Non-fiction Writer
Notable works
The Hare With Amber Eyes A Hidden Inheritance

About Edmund de Waal

Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal, is an English contemporary artist, potter and author. He is known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place. De Waal's book The Hare with Amber Eyes was awarded the Costa Book Award for Biography, Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize in 2011 and Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Non-Fiction in 2015. De Waal's second book, The White Road, tracing his journey to discover the history of porcelain, was released in 2015.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes Officer of the Order of the British Empire Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Daiwa Scholarship

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