Philip Hoare
Career[edit]
Hoare has written many articles on whales, including one on the orca 'attacks' off the Iberian Peninsula in 2023.[1] He has also recorded podcasts for NPR, VICE and Al Jazeera Media Network.[2] His curatorial work includes Derek Jarman's Modern Nature,[3] and he contributed to the Victoria and Albert Museum's international touring exhibition, David Bowie Is.[4]
As a writer, Hoare has represented the British Council in Berlin, Guadalajara, and Moscow.[5][6][7]
Hoare is Special Ambassador for Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Visiting Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, and lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.[8]
2009 Samuel Johnson Prize[edit]
Hoare was the winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize, now known as the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, for his work Leviathan, or the Whale.[9] The book, which describes a personal and societal fascination with whales, met critical acclaim.[10][11] Jonathan Mirsky, writing for Literary Review called the book "tremendous".[12]
Hoare is the author of 11 works of non-fiction:
He has also edited The Sayings of Noël Coward (1997).
Hoare has co-authored or contributed to the following publications:
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