Sue Prideaux
Biographer and novelist
Sue Prideaux is an Anglo-Norwegian biographer and novelist who wrote I Am Dynamite!, a life of Friedrich Nietzsche. She has also written lives of Edvard Munch and August Strindberg.
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British Born 1946 in London, United Kingdom
About Sue Prideaux
Sue Prideaux, born in 1946, is a novelist and biographer with both British and Norwegian roots. She grew up in Norway, and before turning to writing she studied art history in Florence, Paris and London. Her godmother was painted by Edvard Munch, and she later wrote his biography, Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream. She has also written a biography of the playwright August Strindberg, and I Am Dynamite! deals with the life of Friedrich Nietzsche. All three books have won awards.