Anthony Holden (born 22 May 1947) is a British journalist, broadcaster and writer, particularly known as a biographer of the British Royal family and of artists including Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, Lorenzo da Ponte and Laurence Olivier. is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is shared between the Commonwealth Realms; this article focuses on the perspective of United Kingdom. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893 (N.S.); April 25, 1840 – October... Lorenzo da Ponte Lorenzo Da Ponte (March 10, 1749–August 17, 1838) was an Italian librettist born in Ceneda (now Vittorio Veneto). ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, (IPA: ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ...

He was born in Lancashire, and educated at Oundle School and the University of Oxford, where he edited the student paper Isis. He has written for a wide range of publications, and is currently music critic of The Observer. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Oundle School is a famous public school located in the ancient market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

When he was a Whitbread Prize judge in 2000 he said it would have been a "national humiliation" if Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban had won, ahead of Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf. He had threatened to resign if that happened. Robert Harris derided this threat as "pompous." ^[1] The Whitbread Book Awards are among the United Kingdoms most prestigious literary awards. ... “HP3” redirects here. ... Seamus Justin Heaney (IPA: ) (born 13 April 1939) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. ... This article is about the epic poem. ... Robert Harris is an English TV reporter and author, born in 1957 in the city of Nottingham. ...

Poker

Holden is a poker player, and spent a year playing professionally while researching his 1990 book Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player (ISBN 0743294815). The book covers his experiences between the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments in 1988 and 1989. For the domestic fireplace tool, see fireplace poker. ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... An amateur poker tournament in progress. ... The 1988 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... The 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ...

In 2007, Holden published Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom (ISBN 0743294823), a journal of his second stint as a professional player, between the 2005 and 2006 WSOP events. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Bigger Deal ISBN 0743294823 is Anthony Holdens followup to his 1990 book Big Deal:A Year as a Professional Poker Player. ... The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. ... The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with satellite events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. ...

In 2005 he appeared on the chat show Heads Up with Richard Herring, to discuss his life, career and his love of poker. A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... Richard Herring Heads Up with Richard Herring or HUWRH, is a British celebrity chat show written by and starring Richard Herring (the comedian formerly of Lee and Herring) and featuring professional poker players and celebrities talking about their lives, their careers and their love of poker. ...

Works

• Greek Pastoral Poetry (1973) translator
• The St Albans Poisoner: The Life And Crimes Of Graham Young (1974)
• Charles: Prince of Wales (1979) as Prince Charles (US)
• Laurence Olivier: A Biography (1981)
• Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince and Princess of Wales (1981)
• A Week In The Life Of The Royal Family (1983)
• Great Royal Front Pages: A Scrapbook of Historic Royal Events from Queen Victoria to Baby Prince William (1983)
• Royal Quiz (1983)
• Of Presidents, Prime Ministers And Princes (1984)
• Queen Mother (1985)
• Don Giovanni: The Translation (1987) with Amanda Holden
• Charles: A Biography (1988) as King Charles III (US)
• The Last Paragraph. The Journalism of David Blundy (1990) editor
• Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player (1990)
• The Queen Mother: A 90th Birthday Tribute (1990)
• A Princely Marriage: Charles & Diana, the First Ten Years (1991)
• Behind The Oscar: The Secret History of the Academy Awards (1993)
• H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother In Private (1993)
• The Tarnished Crown (1993)
• Tchaikovsky (1995)
• Diana: Her Life and Legacy (1997)
• Charles at Fifty (1998)
• William Shakespeare: His Life and Work (1999)
• Liber Amicorum for Frank Kermode (1999) editor with Ursula Owen
• The Mind Has Mountains a.alvarez@lxx (1999) editor with Frank Kermode
• The Drama of Love, Life and Death in Shakespeare (2000)
• Shakespeare: An Illustrated Biography (2002)
• Wit in the Dungeon (2005) biography of Leigh Hunt
• Lorenzo Da Ponte, The Man Who Wrote Mozart (2006)
• Olivier Biography of Laurence Olivier. Max Press (2007)

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References

1. ^ "Harry Potter in Literary Flap" Giles Elgood January 26, 2000, Reuters accessed 3 August 2007

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External links

• Holden's letter to The Guardian; corrections to Wikipedia entry
• Gutshot Interview regarding Bigger Deal
• Anthony Holden's website