Biographies: William Boyd - Writer

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British writer and director, born in Accra, Ghana. He spent his early years in Ghana and Nigeria before attending a preparatory school in Scotland. He then continued his education at the University of Nice in France, the University of Glasgow, where he earned an honors master's degree in philosophy and English, and finally Jesus College in Oxford. He taught English at St. Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1980 to 1983. His debut book, A Good Man in Africa, came out in 1981. He was awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to literature and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received an honorary doctorate in literature from the University of St. Andrew. Among his credits, he wrote Spy City (2020), The Trench (1999), and Mister Johnson (1990).

• 12 May 2024
• Salma El-Sharkawy