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The Times Biography of the Year
Winner of the Hawthornden Prize 2019
Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Prize 2019
Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019
Longlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2019
‘Outstanding.’ The Sunday Times
‘A revelation.’ Guardian
‘Wonderful.’ The Times
‘Riveting.’ New Statesman
Friedrich Nietzsche’s work rocked the foundation of Western thinking and continues to permeate our culture, high and low – yet he is one of history’s most misunderstood philosophers. Sue Prideaux’s myth-shattering book brings readers into the world of a brilliant, eccentric and deeply troubled man, illuminating the events and people that shaped his life and work. I Am Dynamite! is the essential biography for anyone seeking to understand Nietzsche, the philosopher who foresaw – and sought solutions to – our own troubled times.
Sue Prixeaux is an Anglo-Norwegian writer and biographer. The author of six books, she is the recipient of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize, and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Her previous book, I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche, was published by Faber & Faber in 2018; it was awarded the Hawthornden Prize,…
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I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux has been awarded the 2019 Hawthornden Prize for Literature.