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Anton Gill

b. 1948

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Born 1948. Anton Gill is a British writer and historian.

Anton Gill (born in 1948) is a British writer of historical fiction and nonfiction. He won the H. H. Wingate Award for non-fiction for The Journey Back From Hell, an account of the lives of survivors after their liberation from Nazi concentration camps.

Personal life Gill was born in Ilford, Essex, and educated at Chigwell School and Clare College, Cambridge. He started writing professionally in 1984 after fifteen years in the theatre. He lives in London with his wife, the actress Marji Campi. Other than writing, his chief interests are travel and art.

Career Gill worked as an actor and director in the theatre (especially at the Royal Court Theatre in London), for the Arts Council, and for the BBC and TV-am (as writer and producer) before turning to full-time writing. More recently, he published The Sacred Scroll, a history-mystery, with Penguin. He is also the author of two major biographies, on William Dampier and Peggy Guggenheim, and a study of Michelangelo, Il Gigante. His most recent titles are the novels City of Gold (Penguin), The Accursed (Piatkus), and Into Darkness (Endeavour; Sharpe), Lost and Found - trilogy (Sharpe), The Darkest Trap.

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Clare College
Also known as
Ray Evans, Oliver Bowden, Antony Cutler

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Anton Gill?

English author

When was Anton Gill born?

Anton Gill was born on 22 October 1948 in United Kingdom.

What is Anton Gill's occupation?

Anton Gill is a writer and historian.

What nationality is Anton Gill?

Anton Gill is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anton Gill

· Wikidata: Q555696

· DBpedia: Anton Gill

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