Nikolas coupland biography of william shakespeare

British novelist and biographer

Nicholas William Richmond ShakespeareFRSL (born 3 March 1957) is a British novelist and biographer, described by the Wall Street Journal as "one of the best English novelists of our time".^[3] Shakespeare is also known for his charity work.

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Biography

Born in Worcester, England to diplomat John William Richmond Shakespeare and his wife Lalage Ann, daughter of the travel writer and journalist S. P. B. Mais,^[4] Shakespeare grew up in the Far East and in South America, including Brazil, where his father worked at the British Embassy between 1966 and 1969.

John Shakespeare was later chargé d'affaires at Buenos Aires,^[5] before serving as Ambassador to Peru from 1983 to 1987, and Ambassador to Morocco from 1987 to 1990. Nicholas was educated at the Dragon School preparatory school in Oxford, then at Winchester College and at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

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