Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-

LC control no.	n 79058330
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PR6051.C64
Personal name heading	Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Akroĭd, Piter, 1949- Акройд, Питер, 1949-
Other standard no.	Q319169 34467427 0000000122781862 500243611 8757771 36087 nm1186720 29298 120 mp70389 1a7w
Associated country	England Great Britain
Located	Devon (England) London (England)
Birth date	1949-10-05
Place of birth	East Acton (London, England) London (England)
Field of activity	London (England)--History Novels Biographies Literary criticism
Profession or occupation	Novelists Biographers Critics
Special note	Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found in	His London lickpenny, 1973. Khudozhestvennoe svoeobrazie romanov Pitera Akroĭda, 2000. BL AL recd. 20 Oct. 1988 (Peter Ackroyd, born 5 Oct. 1949) Revolution, 2017: ECIP title page (Peter Ackroyd) Information from 678 field, converted Feb. 23, 2018 (b. 1949) Wikipedia, April 27, 2018 (Peter Ackroyd, CBE, FRSL (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London; born East Acton, London, England; Ackroyd had a long-term relationship with Brian Kuhn, an American dancer he met while at Yale; in the late 1980s, Ackroyd moved to Devon with Kuhn. However, Kuhn was then diagnosed with AIDS, and died in 1994, after which Ackroyd moved back to London; in a 2004 interview, Ackroyd said that he had not been in a relationship since Kuhn's death and was "very happy being celibate") Queer City by Peter Ackroyd review--a celebration of gay London, via The guardian website, posted May 31, 2017, viewed April 27, 2018 (Peter Ackroyd; London's great chronicler, who happens himself to be queer) <https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/31/queer-city-gay-london-from-the-romans-to-the-present-day-by-peter-ackroyd-review>
Associated language	eng