| 词条 | Simon Sebag Montefiore |
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| name = Simon Sebag Montefiore | image = Simon Sebag Montefiore 2011.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|6|27|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | residence = London | nationality = British | other_names = | known_for = | education = Ludgrove School Harrow School | alma mater = Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge | employer = | occupation = Author | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Santa Palmer-Tomkinson | children = 2 | parents = Stephen Eric Sebag Montefiore Phyllis April Jaffé | relatives = }}Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|aɪ|m|ən|_|ˌ|s|iː|b|æ|ɡ|_|ˌ|m|ɒ|n|t|ᵻ|f|i|ˈ|ɔː|r|i}}; born 27 June 1965) is a British historian, television presenter and author of popular history books and novels.[1][2] Early lifeSimon Montefiore was born in London. His father was Stephen Eric Sebag Montefiore and his brother is Hugh Sebag-Montefiore. They are descended from a line of wealthy Sephardi Jews who were diplomats and bankers all over Europe and who originated from Morocco and Italy. After the Alhambra Decree was issued against the Jews in Spain of 1492, some of Montefiore's ancestors stayed in the country whilst remaining secretly Jewish. During the reign of Philip II of Spain, one of them became governor of a province of Mexico, where he and his family were denounced by a political rival and tortured by the Inquisition. Two teenaged girls were burned alive in Mexico City while a son escaped to Italy and changed his name to Montefiore.[3] At the start of the 19th century, Montefiore's great-great-uncle, Sir Moses Montefiore, was an international financier who worked with the Rothschild family and who became a philanthropist.[4] His mother, Phyllis April Jaffé, comes from a Lithuanian Jewish family of scholars. Her parents fled the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. They bought tickets for New York City, but were cheated, being instead dropped off at Cork, Ireland. Due to the Limerick boycott in 1904 Montefiore's grandfather Henry Jaffé left the country and moved to Newcastle, England. Montefiore was educated at Ludgrove School and Harrow School where he was editor of the school newspaper, The Harrovian; he interviewed Margaret Thatcher for The Harrovian in the autumn of 1983.[5]. He won an Exhibition to read history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge[6] where he received his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD).[7] CareerMontefiore worked as a banker, a foreign affairs journalist, and a war correspondent covering the conflicts during the fall of the Soviet Union. Montefiore's book Catherine the Great & Potemkin was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Marsh Biography Award.[8] The Court of the Red Tsar won History Book of the Year at the 2004 British Book Awards.[9] Young Stalin won the LA Times Book Prize for Best Biography,[10] the Costa Book Award,[11] the Bruno Kreisky Award for Political Literature, Le Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique[12] and was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.[13] Jerusalem: The Biography was a number one non-fiction Sunday Times bestseller and a global bestseller and won The Book of the Year Prize from the Jewish Book Council.[14] His latest history is The Romanovs, 1613–1918. Montefiore's debut novel King's Parade was published in 1991. The Spectator called the book "embarrassing" and "extremely silly".[15] Montefiore is also the author of the novels Sashenka and One Night in Winter. One Night in Winter won the Political Novel of the Year Prize[16] and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize.[17] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Visiting Professor of Humanities at the University of Buckingham. Personal lifeMontefiore lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children.[6] Movies and TV Drama SeriesSeveral of Montefiore’s books are now being developed as either movies or TV drama series. In February 2017, Angelina Jolie announced that she was developing ‘Simon Sebag Montefiore’s Catherine the Great and Potemkin’ with Universal Studios.[18] Also in early 2017, the film studio Lionsgate Films announced it had bought Montefiore’s Jerusalem: the Biography to make it into a long running multi episodic TV drama series which will be ‘character-driven, action-filled account of war, betrayal, faith, fanaticism, slaughter, persecution and co-existence in the universal city through the ages.’[19] Montefiore has likened it to Game of Thrones.[20] The film scriptwriter and director Neil Jordan has been attached to the project to adapt the book for television, and he will also be acting as producer. [21] In April 2016, 21st Century Fox announced that its animated division Blue Sky Studios, makers of the Ice Age series, had bought ‘’Royal Rabbits of London’’, the children’s series of books written by Montefiore and Santa Montefiore, to develop into an animated feature film.[22] In July 2018 it was announced that the screenwriter Will Davies has been attached to the project to adapt the book for the screen.[23] Also in July 2018, it was announced that Hat Trick Productions had taken up an option on Montefiore’s novel One Night in Winter, in order to make a TV adaption.[24] ReviewsMontefiore's last non fiction book The Romanovs 1613–1918 (2016) was accused of containing several historical errors by well-known Swedish historian Dick Harrison.[25] However, it has also received many favourable reviews. Olga Grushin in the New York Times observed that the book is 'Spellbinding...This monumental work is an essential addition to the library of anyone interested in Russian history'. [26] Stephen Kotkin in the Wall Street Journal praised the book and noted that 'No author writes better than Montefiore whose perceptiveness and portraiture here are frequently sublime... a marvellous read and the last third from fin de siecle insanity to revolutionary cataclysm is dazzling...'. [27] The historian Antony Beevor noted that the book provided 'Epic history on the grandest scale'.[28] For The Observer John Kampfner described Montefiore's book as 'Riveting...the research is meticulous and the style is captivating'.[29] Fiction ReviewsMontefiore has written a Moscow Trilogy of fictional thrillers, set in Russia. These have received positive reviews. Sashenka (2008) was described by the Washington Post as 'Spellbinding. Sashenka is a historical whodunit with the epic sweep of a Hollywood movie. Montefiore is a natural storyteller who brings his encyclopedic knowledge of Russian history to life in language that glitters like the ice of St. Petersburg'. [30] The Wall Street Journal praised 'This superb novel. Sashenka is unforgettable. Inspiring. Montefiore proves a matchless storyteller, his prose harrowing and precise.' [31] One Night in Winter (2013) was described by The Guardian as 'A gripping thriller about private life and poetic dreams in Stalin’s Russia… A gripping pageturner… Whether its subject is power or love, a darkly enjoyable read.' [32]The last novel in the trilogy, Red Sky at Noon (2017), was called 'an exciting fast-paced adventure and a lament for love in dark and brutal times' by the Mail on Sunday [33] ; 'a deeply satisfying pageturner - mythic and murderous' by The Times [34] and ‘brilliant on multiple levels… offering historical accuracy, a fine empathy for his characters and a story that illuminates the operatic tragedy of Stalin’s Russia' by Booklist. [35] Books
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Notes and references1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/books/review/jerusalem-by-simon-sebag-montefiore-book-review.html? |title=Caliphs, Crusaders, and the Bloody History of Jerusalem|author=Jonathen Rosen|date=28 October 2011|work=New York Times|accessdate=24 January 2016}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/montefiore200801|title=History in the Making|last=Ward|first=Vicky| authorlink=Vicky Ward|date=22 January 2008|publisher=Vanity Fair|accessdate=4 May 2009}} 3. ^'How I Found my ancestors were burned at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition,’ Daily Mail, 27 November 2015. 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-shasha/moses-montefiore-the-most_b_610879.html|title=Moses Montefiore: The Most Important Jew of the 19th Century|author=David Shasha|date=15 June 2010|work=Huffington Post|accessdate=27 January 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/802162/16704506/1329784568567/HH198309704-1.pdf?token=6RSLA6meTynp4DfBCQqzsQprzek%3D}}|title=An Interview With The Prime Minister|date=22 October, 1983| 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/7513650.stm|title=Simon Sebag Montefiore|date=18 July 2008|work=Newsnight Review|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=4 May 2009}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.simonsebagmontefiore.com/author.aspx |title=About the author|author=Simon Sebag Montefiore|accessdate=25 January 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9780753818343|title=Catherine the Great & Potemkin by Simon Sebag Montefiore}} 9. ^Galaxy British Book Awards: History Book of the Year 2004 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/services/newspaper/mediacenter/releases/la-mediacenter-2008-0427,0,7098550.story|title=2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Awarded|date=25 April 2008|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=4 May 2009}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aR9kP.dLwDjk&refer=muse|title=A.L. Kennedy's 'Day,' Montefiore's 'Young Stalin' Win Costas |last=Anderson|first=Hephzibah|date=2 January 2008|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|accessdate=4 May 2009}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.simonsebagmontefiore.com/author.aspx|title=Simon Sebag Montefiore – The Author|year=2008|publisher=Orion Books|accessdate=4 May 2009}} 13. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/26/books.prize.best.biography?gusrc=rss&feed=culture|title=Biographer celebrates 'fairy gold' prize win|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=26 August 2008|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=4 May 2009}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/njba-list|title=NJBA Winners|accessdate=25 January 2016}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/18th-may-1991/30/made-young-with-young-desires|title=Made young with young desires|date=17 May 1991|publisher=The Spectator|author=Caroline Moore}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.politicos.co.uk/posts/political-book-awards-winners-announced|title=Political Book Awards winners announced|author=Sarah Thrift|date=19 March 2014|work=Politicos|accessdate=25 January 2016}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://theorwellprize.co.uk/longlists/filter/type-Book%20Prize/year-2014/|title=The Orwell Prize long list|accessdate=25 January 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311200233/http://theorwellprize.co.uk/longlists/filter/type-Book%20Prize/year-2014/|archivedate=11 March 2016|df=dmy-all}} 18. ^Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb 2017. 19. ^Hollywood Reporter, 5 March 2017. 20. ^Evening Standard, 15 June 2017. 21. ^ https://www.thebookseller.com/news/tv-series-simon-sebag-montefiores-jerusalem-737771, 5 March 2018. Accessed 9 December 2018. 22. ^Variety, 18 April 2016. 23. ^https://variety.com/2018/film/news/fox-taps-will-davies-to-write-animated-royal-rabbits-of-london-movie-1202891612/, 21 July 2018. Accessed 9 December 2018. 24. ^https://deadline.com/2018/07/stalins-russia-set-for-tv-as-episodes-producer-hat-trick-options-simon-sebag-montefiores-novel-one-night-in-winter-1202431614/maz/, 23 July 2018. Accessed 21 December 2018. 25. ^Svenska Dagbladet, Dick Harrison: [https://www.svd.se/grotesk-historieforfalskning-om-tsardynastin "Den sista tsardynastin: Romanov 1613–1918Groteska sakfel om tsardynastin"], 11 June 2017 26. ^New York Times, 16 May 2016. 27. ^Wall Street Journal, 20 May 2016. 28. ^Financial Times, 15 January 2016. 29. ^The Observer, 25 January 2016. 30. ^Washington Post, 11 January 2009. 31. ^Wall Street Journal, 5 December 2008. 32. ^The Guardian, 21 September 2013. 33. ^Mail on Sunday, 8 June 2017. 34. ^The Times, 3 June 2017. 35. ^Booklist, 1 November 2017. 36. ^{{cite web|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/18th-may-1991/30/made-young-with-young-desires|title=Made young with young desires » 17 May 1991 » The Spectator Archive|publisher=}} 37. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/917082.My_Affair_With_Stalin|title=My Affair With Stalin|website=Goodreads}} 38. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01852x1|title=Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City - BBC Four|website=BBC}} 39. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p6vtb|title=Rome: A History of the Eternal City - BBC Four|website=BBC}} 40. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03l2shc|title=Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities - BBC Four|website=BBC}} 41. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06rwgdf|title=Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore - BBC Four|website=BBC}} 42. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p046dkrd|title=Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream - BBC Four|website=BBC}} 43. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2011/49/jersualem-the-making-of-a-holy-city-.html|title=BBC - Jerusalem - The Making of A Holy City - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk}} External links
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