Marina Warner
(1946-), Writer and critic; Trustee of the National Portrait GalleryDame Marina Sarah Warner
Sitter in 4 portraits
Writer, critic and cultural historian; Marina Warner has worked as a journalist on the Daily Telegraph and Vogue and is the author both of novels and non-fiction; her 1994 Reith Lectures were later published as Managing Monsters: Six Myths of Our Time.
by Mayotte Magnus
modern bromide print from original negative, 1977
NPG x138831
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Antonia Karaisl
15 April 2021, 10:58
Dame Marina Sarah Warner, DBE, FRSL, FBA, is an English novelist, short story writer, historian and mythographer. She is known for her many non-fiction books relating to feminism and myth and has written for numerous publications, including The London Review of Books, the New Statesman and Vogue. In 2015 she was awarded The Holberg Prize, and in 2017 she was elected president of the Royal Society of Literature, the first time the role has been held by a woman since the founding of the RSL in 1820.