 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (March 2024) |
Alexander Fiske-Harrison | |
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 Alexander Fiske-Harrison in Pamplona waiting for the bulls in 2017 | |
| Born | 22 July 1976 London |
| Occupation(s) | Author, journalist and conservationist |
| Website | www |
Alexander Rupert Fiske-Harrison (born 22 July 1976) is an English author, journalist and conservationist.[1]
His writing is known for his immersion in his subject matter. He trained and worked for some years as a method actor.[2] For his first book Into The Arena: The World Of The Spanish Bullfight he became a bullfighter. For his second, The Bulls Of Pamplona, he became a bull-runner.[3]
In 2011 he was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year for Into The Arena, his fiction "Les Invincibles" was a finalist in Le Prix Hemingway International in France in 2016, and his work "The Feldkirch Crossing", was shortlisted for the Mogford Prize of the Financial Times Weekend Oxford Literary Festival in 2021.[4]
- ^ 'Biography', Alexander Fiske-Harrison website
- ^ Hodgkinson, Thomas. 'A new literary movement: You have method actors, so why not method authors?', The Independent. 1 February 2016
- ^ Fiske-Harrison, Alexander 'A Good Run' The Spectator, 14 July 2012
- ^ "Mogford Prize 2021 Longlist". 5 March 2021.