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Samuel Johnson prize.(James Shapiro's '1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare' awarded )(Brief article)

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From: History Today
Date: 20060801
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James Shapiro, Professor of English at Columbia University, New York, was awarded the 2006 30,000 [pounds sterling] BBC Four/Samuel Johnson Prize for his book 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (Faber & Faber). A delighted Shapiro said, 'I am a boy from Brooklyn and to come here and be acknowledged in this way is truly extraordinary'. Shapiro claimed to have been inspired by two experiences: seeing the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love; and reading a book review by the Shakespearian scholar Simon Jarvis in which, fed up with what he called the 'deadening convention' of ...

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