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Philip Hensher was born on 20 February, 1965 in London, United Kingdom. Discover Philip Hensher's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
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59 years old |
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20 February 1965 |
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20 February |
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London, United Kingdom |
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United Kingdom |
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Philip Hensher Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Philip Hensher's Wife?
His wife is Zaved Mahmood
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Philip Hensher Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Philip Hensher worth at the age of 59 years old? Philip Hensher’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated
Philip Hensher's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Hensher was born in South London, although he spent the majority of his childhood and adolescence in Sheffield, attending Tapton School. He did his undergraduate degree at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, before attending Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a PhD for work on 18th-century painting and satire.
Hensher served on the jury for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
In 2013 his novel Scenes from Early Life was shortlisted for the Green Carnation Prize, and awarded the Ondaatje Prize. It is based on his husband's childhood against the backdrop of the war of independence in Bangladesh.
He is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, formerly Bath College of Higher Education. From 2005 to 2012 he taught creative writing at the University of Exeter. He has edited new editions of numerous classic works of English literature, including novels by Charles Dickens and Nancy Mitford. Hensher has also served as a judge for the Booker Prize.
In 2002 his novel The Mulberry Empire was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2008 Hensher's semi-autobiographical novel The Northern Clemency was shortlisted for the prize. In 2012 he won first prize in the German Travel Writers Award and was shortlisted for the Green Carnation Prize. He also won the Stonewall Prize for the Journalist of the Year in 2007 and the Somerset Maugham Award for his novel Kitchen Venom in 1996.
Since 2000 Philip Hensher has been listed as one of the 100 most influential LGBT people in Britain, and in 2003 he was selected as one of Granta's twenty Best of Young British Novelists.
The Bedroom of the Mister's Wife (1999) brings together 14 of his short stories, including "Dead Languages", which A. S. Byatt selected for her Oxford Book of English Short Stories (1998), making Hensher the youngest author included in the anthology.
Hensher wrote the libretto for Thomas Adès's opera Powder Her Face (1995) and in 2015 he edited The Penguin Book of the British Short Story.
Philip Michael Hensher FRSL (born 20 February 1965) is an English novelist, critic and journalist.
