| Sam Dalrymple | |
| Alma Mater: | University of Oxford |
| Occupation: | Historian, writer, film-maker, peace activist, social media influencer |
| Movement: | Project Dastaan |
| Mother: | Olivia Fraser (artist) |
| Father: | William Dalrymple |
Sam Dalrymple is a historian, writer, film-maker, peace activist, and social media influencer.[1] [2]
Dalrymple was born to historian William Dalrymple and artist Olivia Fraser.[3] His paternal grandfather was Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet of North Berwick, and his paternal grandmother was a daughter of Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle.[4] His father is a great nephew of Virginia Woolf and a cousin of writer Alice Albinia.[5] [6]
Dalrymple graduated as a Persian and Sanskrit scholar from the University of Oxford.
Dalrymple along with Sparsh Ahuja and Saadia Gardezi founded Project Dastaan, a peace-building initiative that reconnects refugees displaced by the Partition of India.[7]
Dalrymple's first film, Child of Empire, was a VR docudrama detailing the horrors of forced migration and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022.[8] His animated anthology "Lost Migrations" was a sell-out at the British Film Institute.[9]
Dalrymple's book, Shattered Lands: The Five Partitions of India 1935–1975, is due to be published in 2024 by William Collins Books.[10]