Daisy Dunn

Daisy Dunn (born 1987) is a classicist, author, journalist and critic.

Biography

Dunn was born in London and attended The Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, Middlesex.[1] She read Classics at the University of Oxford, and won a scholarship to study for an MA in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, London.[2][3] She received a PhD in Classics and Art History from University College London.[4][5] She has published two books on the Latin love poet Catullus.[6][7] Both were launched at Peter Harrington Rare Books in Mayfair in January 2016.[8] At Bath Literature Festival in 2016, Dunn compared Catullus to a 'Hoxton hipster'.[9] Her translation of one of Catullus' expletive words was the subject of some controversy in May 2016, resulting in a series of letters in The Times Literary Supplement and an article in The Times.[10][11] In an article in The Guardian in February 2016, historian Simon Schama named Daisy Dunn as one of the leading female historians.[12]

Works

Dunn is the author of two books:

Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet (HarperCollins, 2016)

The Poems of Catullus: A New Translation (HarperCollins, 2016)

Dunn reviews books for the The Times,[13] Evening Standard,[14] and Literary Review[15]. In 2015 she was longlisted for the international Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Dunn, Daisy (March 2015). "Reading about your school is always a terrible idea". The Spectator. Retrieved April 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ Dunn, Daisy (2016). Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet. London, England: HarperCollins. p. 312. ISBN 978-0007554331.
  3. ↑ "Oxford University Department of Classics". www.classics.ox.ac.uk. University of Oxford. Retrieved April 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ Dunn, Daisy (2016). Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet. London: HarperCollins. p. 312. ISBN 978-0007554331.
  5. ↑ "University College London, Department of Greek and Latin". University College London, Department of Greek and Latin. Retrieved April 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ↑ Madden, Chris (29 January 2016). "Boris Johnson and Tatler help author launch her debut books". Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser. Retrieved May 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  7. ↑ "Tatler". www.tatler.com. 22 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Dunn's bash is all Greek to Boris". The Evening Standard, Londoner's Diary. 22 January 2016. Retrieved May 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  9. ↑ Clark, Nick (7 March 2016). "The Independent Bath Literature Festival". The Independent. Retrieved May 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  10. ↑ "Letters to the Editor". The Times Literary Supplement. 12 May 2016. Retrieved May 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  11. ↑ Kidd, Patrick (12 May 2016). "Feast of Filth". The Times, TMS Diary.
  12. ↑ "'Big Books by blokes about battles': Why is history still written mainly by men?". The Guardian. 6 February 2016. Retrieved May 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  13. ↑ ""The Black Prince of Florence - Review", The Times". April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  14. ↑ ""The rise and fall of the house of Caesar", The Evening Standard". September 10, 2015. Retrieved April 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  15. ↑ ""Power to the people"". Literary Review. November 2015. Retrieved April 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  16. ↑ "Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize 2015 longlist". Notting Hill Editions. Retrieved April 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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