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William Boyd
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Scottish novelist, short story writer, and screen writer (born 1952)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 7 March 1952
- Works
- 119
Top works
- The Predicament
- An ice-cream war
- Any human heart
- Waiting for sunrise
- Brazzaville Beach
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Film & TV
Accra, Gold Coast [now Ghana]
William Andrew Murray Boyd CBE FRSL (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. Boyd was born in Accra, Gold Coast, (present-day Ghana), to Scottish parents, both from Fife, and has two younger sisters. His father Alexander, a doctor specialising in tropical medicine, and Boyd's mother, who was a teacher, moved to the Gold Coast in 1950 to run the health…
Known for
- Martin Amis: Money and Memories2023
- Remembers… — Self2022
- Hockney on Photography and Other Matters — Self2009
- Rabbit Fever — Self2006
- Still Tickin': The Return of 'A Clockwork Orange' — Self2000
- Apostrophes — Self1975
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1952
2008 universal fire victimblueschicago bluespiano blues
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 214
- Total plays
- 2,269
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Boyd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Accra
- Occupation
- author
- Educated at
- University of Côte d'Azur
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- A Good Man in Africa
- Official website
- www.williamboyd.co.uk
- Image
- William Boyd.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-03-07
- Commons category
- William Boyd
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- name in native language
- William Boyd
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- web feed URL
- williamboyd.co.uk/feed
- has written for
- TheGuardian.com
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