Edmund de Waal
1964
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Sheffield, Trinity Hall
occupation: non-fiction writer, university teacher, writer, ceramicist, printmaker, art critic, visual artist, potter
award received: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes, Daiwa Scholarship
official website: www.edmunddewaal.com
Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal, (born 10 September 1964) is a contemporary English artist, master potter and author. He is known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place. De Waal's book The Hare with Amber Eyes was awarded the Costa Book Award for Biography, Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize in 2011 and Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Non-Fiction in 2015. De Waal's second book The White Road, tracing his journey to discover the history of porcelain was released in 2015.He lives and works in London. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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