Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore (* June 27, 1965 in London ) is a British historian, journalist and author. He mainly deals with Russian history.

Life

Simon Sebag Montefiore studied History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He made ​​several extended trips to the former Soviet Union, especially in the Caucasus, Ukraine and Central Asia. Montefiore lives with his wife and two children in London.

He wrote a biography of Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin ( a companion of Catherine the Great ) as well as an extensive biography of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, which was translated into several languages. His most recent book Young Stalin (2007 ) was published in October 2007 in German language.

Simon Sebag - Montefiore is the brother of Hugh Sebag - Montefiore and married to the British writer, Santa Montefiore, with whom he has two children, Lily and Sasha.

Criticism

For his very successful with the public books about the young Stalin, and about life in the closest vicinity of Stalin ( Stalin. At the court of the Red Tsar ) is the author of some historians who are researching the history of Stalinism or the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, been criticized. These books are sensational and would not meet scientific standards. Montefiore embodies " a novel in Stalinism research phenomenon - the undisguised desire to Stalin's life and reign to bring a maximum mass audience in an easily consumable form close and exploit commercially in this way. "

  • Young Stalin. The early life of the dictator 1878-1917, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer 2007, ISBN 3-10-050608-1.
  • Stalin. At the court of the Red Tsar, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer 2006, ISBN 3-596-17251-9.
  • Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin
  • Prince of Princes. The Life of Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair, dt Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin. An imperial affair, TB Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2009 ISBN 978-3-596-18275-6
  • Potemkin: Catherine the Great 's Imperial Partner
  • Sashenka, 2008
  • Jerusalem. The Biography, S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-10-050611-5.

Awards

  • 2007 - Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Books for " Young Stalin "
  • 2008 - Costa Book Award 2007 in the category Biography for Young Stalin
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