Anthony Sattin Explained

Anthony Sattin FRGS is a British journalist, broadcaster and travel writer. His main areas of interest is the Middle East and Africa, particularly Egypt, and he has lived and travelled extensively in these regions.[1]

Education

Sattin completed a literature degree at the University of Warwick and an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.

Writing

Sattin's book A Winter on the Nile: Florence Nightingale, Gustave Flaubert and the Temptations of Egypt, a collection of Florence Nightingale's previously-unpublished letters, was described in The Literary Review as "a triumph of the historical imagination"[2] and in The Independent as "some of the best writing of the year".[3]

The Lonely Planet Guide A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad,[4] to which Sattin contributed, has been used as a set text for teaching English A-level.[5]

Sattin has been a long-time regular contributor to the Sunday Times travel and books pages and to Conde Nast Traveller. His work has appeared in a number of other international publication, including The Spectator,[6] The Daily Telegraph, the Independent and the Guardian.[7] He sits on the editorial advisory board of Geographical magazine and has contributed to several guidebook series, including the Lonely Planet volumes on Egypt and Algeria.

Giles Foden, writing in the Conde Nast Traveller magazine, has described Sattin as one of the ten key influences in modern travel writing.[8] Sattin has taught writing classes for UEA Guardian Masterclasses[9] and the How To Academy.[10]

Broadcasting

Sattin presented the BBC television series The Tourist and The Thirties in Colour, and a number of documentaries for radio including Buying a Culture in Abu Dhabi[11] and Travels Round My House[12] on BBC Radio 3 and Crazy for Love: Layla and the Mad Poet on Radio 4.[13]

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Anthony Sattin Interview. Stanfords. 10 April 2007. 1 January 2023.
  2. Web site: BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS A Winter on the Nile: Florence Nightingale, Gustave Flaubert and the Temptations of Egypt. https://web.archive.org/web/20140606035342/http://www.literaryreview.co.uk/wall_05_10.html. 6 June 2014. The Literary Review. Geoffrey. Wall.
  3. Web site: The best books for Christmas: Our pick of 2010. The Independent. Boyd. Tonkin. 26 November 2010. 1 January 2023.
  4. Book: A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad. Jan. Morris. Isabel. Allende. Amitav. Ghosh. Pico. Iyer. Frances. Mayes. Paul. Theroux. Simon. Winchester. Lonely Planet. 22 April 2011. 978-1742201054.
  5. Web site: DISTANCE LEARNING Fact Sheet A Level English Language and Literature (AS / A2). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606042751/http://www.shrewsbury.ac.uk/images/uploads/A%20Level%20English%20Lang%20%26%20Lit.pdf. 6 June 2012. Shrewsbury College.
  6. Web site: Anthony Sattin. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331141711/https://www.spectator.co.uk/author/anthony-sattin/. 31 March 2019. The Spectator.
  7. Web site: Anthony Sattin. The Guardian. 1 January 2023.
  8. Web site: 10 OF THE KEY INFLUENCES ON TRAVEL WRITING. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718152356/http://www.travelbooks.co.uk/press/10_influences.pdf. 18 July 2011. Eland Books. Giles. Foden.
  9. Web site: How to write travel stories. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140121143106/https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-masterclasses/how-to-write-travel-stories. 21 January 2014. The Guardian.
  10. Web site: how to: Create a Travel Journal. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114856/https://howtoacademy.com/writing/record-your-travels-2018?fromcat=18. 26 August 2014. How To Academy.
  11. Web site: Sunday Feature: Buying a Culture in Abu Dhabi. BBC Radio 3. 2 September 2009. 1 January 2023.
  12. Web site: Jan Morris - Travels Round My House. BBC Radio 3. 12 May 2013. 1 January 2023.
  13. Web site: Crazy for Love: Layla and the Mad Poet. BBC Radio 4. 11 September 2010. 1 January 2023.

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