Daisy Dunn
Genres
- Biographies
- > Arts & Literature Biographies
- > Author Biographies
- > Biographies of Artists, Architects & Photographers
- > Historical Biographies
- > Historical European Biographies
- > Historical Germany Biographies
- > Historical Italy Biographies
- > Leaders & Notable People Biographies
- > Military Leader Biographies
- > WWI Biographies
- History
- > Ancient Civilizations
- > Ancient Roman History
- > European History
- > German History
- > World History
Daisy Dunn is an award-winning classicist and biographer. Born in London, she read Classics at Oxford before gaining a scholarship to the Courtauld for an MA in the History of Art of the Italian Renaissance, and completing a doctorate in Classics and the History of Art at UCL.
She writes for a number of newspapers and magazines and is editor of ARGO: A Hellenic Review. Her first books, Catullus’ Bedspread: The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet and The Poems of Catullus: A New Translation, were published on both sides of the Atlantic in 2016. Her dual biography, In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny, was an Editors’ Choice in the New York Times in 2019. Her most recent book is Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars. She lives in London.
