Philip Hoare

About The Author

Philip Hoare is the author of ten works of narrative nonfiction including The Whale, which won the 2009 Ballie Gifford Prize for nonfiction, and Albert & the Whale, also available from Pegasus Books. He lives in Southampton, England, and swims every day in the sea.

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Books by Philip Hoare

William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love

Art, Poetry, and the Imagining of a New World

By Philip Hoare

A New Yorker Best Books of 2025

A Best Book of the Year from The Spectator, New Statesman, and The Times

A revelatory and joyous exploration of how one visionary inspired two-hundred years of art, poetry and protest by the acclaimed a...

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Albert and the Whale

Albrecht Dürer and How Art Imagines Our World

By Philip Hoare

An illuminating exploration of the intersection between life, art and the sea from the award-winning author of The Whale.

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