Sue Prideaux
# Sue Prideaux

Sue Prideaux is an Anglo-Norwegian writer. Her grandmother was muse to the explorer Roald Amundsen and her godmother was painted by Edvard Munch, whose biography she later wrote under the title Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream.

## Awards

Awards for Prideaux's writing :

| Year | Title | Award | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Winner |
| 2012 | Strindberg: A Life | Samuel Johnson Prize | Shortlist |
| 2012 | Strindberg: A Life | Duff Cooper Prize | Winner |
| 2019 | I Am Dynamite! | Hawthornden Prize | Winner |

## Works

* Rude mechanicals, Abacus, 1997
* Magnetic North, Little, Brown, 1998
* Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream, Yale University Press, 2005
* Thore Heramb, Labyrinth, 2006
* Strindberg: A Life, 2012
* I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche, 2018
