Henry Hitchings

Quick Facts

Full Name	Henry Hitchings
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Dec 11, 1974(1974-12-11)
Age	50
Birthplace	Nottingham
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Henry Hitchings Biography

Henry Hitchings is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on December 11, 1974 in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom. Henry Hitchings, FRSL, was born 11 December 1974. He is an author, critic, and reviewer. His specialty is narrative non-fiction with a special emphasis on language and cultural histories. The Secret Life of Words, How English Became English, was his second book. It won the 2008 John Llewellyn Rhodes Prize and a Somerset Magham Award. He is the author of two books on Samuel Johnson, and he was the president of Johnson Society of Lichfield. He is a theatre and book critic. He is currently chair of the drama section in the UK Critics Circle.

The Secret Life of Words was awarded the John Llewellyn-Rhys Prize in November

2008. It was the first non-fiction work to win this prize in six years. Henry Sutton, chair of the judges, described it as a landmark work, large in scope, written with “unnerving precision, clarity, and grace”, adding that it was “amazingly accessible” and written with great enthusiasm, humor, and grace. It is also a scholarly piece. The 2008 Booker Prize winner, The White Tiger of Aravind Adiga, was also on the shortlist.

In May 2009 Hitchings became the theatre critic on the London Evening Standard, replacing Nicholas de Jongh. He left this role in 2019, after more than ten years, following cost-cutting at the paper.

In March 2009, on the strength of The Secret Life of Words, Hitchings was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. In June 2009 he received a Somerset Maugham Award.

In October 2008, How to Really Talk about Books You Haven’t Read was published. The paperback edition was titled Who’s Afraid Of Jane Austen? How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read.

Henry Hitchings Net Worth

Henry Hitchings is one of the richest Writer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Henry Hitchings 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The 2005 Modern Language Association award for best independent scholar work in the United States went to Defining World.

Hitchings published Dr Johnson’s Dictionary: The Extraordinary History of the Book That Defined the World in 2005. It was a biography of Samuel Johnson’s 1755 classic A Dictionary of the English Language (1755). It is the first public account of Dr Johnson’s masterpiece. It “charts” the struggle and triumph of one the first attempts at fixing the language. This, despite its flaws, proved to be one the most important cultural monuments in the English language.

In April 2008 Hitchings published The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English, a study of loanwords, calques and their cultural significance. Following the English language’s history through “its debt to invasions, to threats from abroad, and to an island people’s dealings with the world beyond its shores” the book examines its unbroken acquisitiveness—”but for all that [Hitchings’] true object is to reveal past frames of mind and to show how our present outlook is informed by the history squirreled away in the words we use”. Instead of using history to explain language, Hitchings “picks words apart to find their origins” and then molds this “mountain of dense information into an elegant narrative”. The Economist noted that “whatever is hybrid, fluid and unpoliced about English delights him”.

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He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2015. In 2018 he took up the position of president of the Johnson Society of Lichfield; he was succeeded by Rowan Williams.

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Henry Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Henry Hitchings celebrates birthday on December 11 of every year.

In June 2018 Hitchings published his sixth full-length book, returning to the subject of his first, Samuel Johnson. Jane Darcy, writing in the Times Literary Supplement, explained that “The book’s subtitle, Dr Johnson’s Guide to Life, may evoke that popular sub-genre of self-help books which co-opt historical celebrities to present tips for the modern world, but Hitchings, like his favourite author, has a serious moral purpose. Despite his often breezily demotic tone, he is deeply attuned to Johnson’s melancholy, tracing its presence throughout his adult life and its influence on his thinking about pain and suffering”, and commented that “Hitchings inevitably revisits familiar places and favourite quotations. But the pleasures of this book lie in Hitchings’s fresh re-evaluation of them”.

Top Facts about Henry Hitchings

1. Henry Hitchings is a British author and critic.
2. He was born in 1974 in London, England.
3. Hitchings studied at Oxford University and Harvard University.
4. He has written several books on language and literature.
5. Hitchings is a regular contributor to The Financial Times and The Guardian.
6. He has won numerous awards for his writing, including the Somerset Maugham Award.
7. Hitchings is also a theater critic for The Evening Standard.
8. His book “The Language Wars” explores debates over English usage.
9. Hitchings’ work often focuses on the intersection of language and culture.
10. He is considered one of the leading literary critics of his generation.

What's the language of the future Summary By Henry Hitchings?

By Henry Hitchings, outlines the history of international language, and how English is moving into this position. The article also discusses the possible outcomes of English becoming an international language, writing that native speakers will likely be left behind as bilingualism becomes a prized skill.

When was Henry hitching born?

December 11, 1974 (age 47 years)

When did Henry Hitchings became a Fellow of the Royal Society of

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1974. Henry Hitchings was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2015.

What do you mean by Lingua Franca?

lingua franca, (Italian: “Frankish language”) language used as a means of communication between populations speaking vernaculars that are not mutually intelligible.

What's the language of the future is an excerpt from?

This article is excerpted from the new book, “ The Language Wars: A History of Proper English ” from Farrar, Straus and Girous. No language has spread as widely as English, and it continues to spread. Internationally the desire to learn it is insatiable.