# Fiona Sampson
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Fiona Ruth Sampson, is a British poet and writer. She is published in thirty-seven languages and has received a
number of national and international awards for her writing.
== Education ==
Sampson was educated at the Royal Academy of Music, and following a brief career as a concert violinist, studied at Oxford University, where she won the Newdigate Prize.
George Sand, the author who outsold Victor Hugo (with Fiona Sampson)
"We raise them like saints, then hand them over like fillies," she said of 19th-century girls. Her best-selling novels were an indictment of arranged marriages and the female condition. At home in France, her contemporaries – Hugo, Flaubert, Balzac – considered her a giant of literature. In England…
GEORGE SAND: The life, times and shifting reputation of an early feminist writer and thinker.
In this podcast we discuss 19th century French novelist, dramatist and memoirist George Sand. In a wide-ranging conversation, based on Fiona's very readable and recent biography, we talk about Sand's great literary success in an era in which she was a political progressive abolitionist, early femin…
George Sand: The French woman writer who outsold Victor Hugo
In this edition, we explore the creative brilliance of French author, George Sand as we mark the 150th anniversary of her death. Annette Young speaks to UK author and poet Fiona Sampson, whose latest book is about the trailblazing, cross-dressing writer who went on to inspire the Brontë sisters. Al…
Episode 231: Marilyn Hacker & Deema K. Shehabi
This week, poets Marilyn Hacker and Deema K. Shehabi discuss their powerful new book Water to Water: Gaza Renga, a poetry collaboration in the call-and-response form of renga written during the conflict in Gaza. This conversation originally took place April 20, 2026 and was recorded live at the Ame…
813 George Sand (with Fiona Sampson) | My Last Book with Kathleen Antonioli
Upon her death, French novelist George Sand (1804-1876) was widely recognized as one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in Europe. And yet, even then, the legend of the cigar-smoking, cross-dressing, promiscuous writer threatened to overshadow her literary accomplishments. Fast forward to th…
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Steve Wariner's new exhibit, literary biographer Fiona Sampson's new book, Becoming George: The Invention of George Sand, spotlight on LaPorte's summer concerts
This Week (7/10) on ART ON THE AIR features Grammy Award winning country music star Steve Wariner, discussing his visual art in an upcoming exhibit called "The Flip Side." Next leading British poet and literary biographer Fiona Sampson discussing her new book, Becoming George: The Invention of Geor…
Free Thinking - Thom Gunn & Michael Cunningham
Samira Ahmed is joined by poets Paul Farley, Fiona Sampson and Clive Wilmer to discuss Thom Gunn, who died ten years ago. An interview with Michael Cunningham, about his new novel The Snow Queen. Plus historians Charlie Laderman and Umit Ungor discuss Turkish Armenian relations.
Two-Way Mirror Audiobook by Fiona Sampson
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: Two-Way MirrorSubtitle: The Life of Elizabeth Barrett BrowningCategories: Author, Biography, Female Protagonist, WriterAuthor: Fiona SampsonNarrator: Petrea BurchardPublisher: Tantor AudioRelease date: 03-22-2022Language: English…
Spoken Ink Poetry: Rough Music Audiobook by Fiona Sampson
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: Spoken Ink Poetry: Rough MusicCategories: Fiction, PoetryAuthor: Fiona SampsonNarrator: Fiona SampsonPublisher: Spoken InkRelease date: 01-16-2013Language: EnglishSummary:Rough Music is the old English name for a custom of public…
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