Jonathan Keates

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Jonathan Keates
3rd Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund
Assumed office
January, 2013
Preceded byJohn Julius Norwich
Personal details
Born
Jonathan B. Keates

1946
Paris, France
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
OccupationWriter
Teacher

Jonathan Keates FRSL (born 1946) is an English writer, biographer, novelist and Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund.[1]

Biography[]

Jonathan Keates was born in Paris, France, in 1946.[2] He was educated at Bryanston School and went on to read for his undergraduate degree at Magdalen College, Oxford. He has written a number of acclaimed biographies and travel books, but his works of fiction have also received critical acclaim, most notably Allegro Postillions, for which he was awarded both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is very interested in Venice, and speaks Italian, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. He also writes reviews in some prominent magazines.

In addition, Keates was an English teacher employed by the City of London School[3] from 1974 to 2013 and a judge of several writing competitions. Keates retired in order to focus on his chairmanship of the Venice in Peril Fund. On his exit from the school in July 2013, having given a tearful farewell speech, he was given two standing ovations by the pupils and staff, and a 200-person dinner was given in his honour.

Awards and distinctions[]

Bibliography[]

  • Shakespeare Country (1979)
  • Historic London (1979)
  • Canterbury Cathedral (1980)
  • Love of Italy (1980)
  • Allegro Postillions (1983)
  • The Companion Guide to the Shakespeare Country (1983)
  • Drawings and Sketches of Oxford (1983)
  • Handel: The Man And His Music (1985)
  • The Strangers' Gallery (1987)
  • Tuscany (1988)
  • Italian Journeys (1991)
  • Umbria (1991)
  • Stendhal (1994)
  • Venice (1994)
  • Purcell: A Biography (1995)
  • Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture (1997)
  • Smile Please (2001)
  • Short Stories (2001)
  • The Rough Guide History of Italy (2003)
  • The Siege of Venice (2005)
  • William III & Mary II Partners in Revolution (2015)
  • Messiah (2016)

Critical studies and reviews of Keates' work[]

  • Bostridge, Ian (February 22, 2018). "God's own music". The New York Review of Books. 65 (3): 16–18. Reviews Messiah.

References[]

  1. ^ Venice in Peril Fund President, Chairman and Trustees
  2. ^ "Jonathan Keates", British Council, Literature.
  3. ^ "Author Jonathan Keates visits CLS", City of London School.

City of London School

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