Re-examining the Life of Paul Gauguin, with Sue Prideaux
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Leila Ishmael. Our guest today is biographer Sue Predeaux, who is best known for her award-winning biographies on Frederick Nietzsche and Edvard Munch. In her latest biography, Wild Thing, Predeau turns her sharp lens on the life of 19th-century French artist Paul Gauguin. Joining her in conversation is executive producer of Intelligence Squared, Hannah Kaye.
Let's join Hannah now with more. Hello, I'm Hannah Kay and welcome to Intelligence Squared. I'm delighted to be joined by Sue Prudeau. Her biographies of Eduard Mulk, August Strunberg and Friedrich Nietzsche have all won major book awards. And today she's here to talk about her new book, Wild Thing, A Life of Paul Goger, which has been shortlisted for the Bailey Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.
Sue, welcome to Intelligence Squared, and congratulations on a magnificent book. Thank you, Hannah. Thanks a lot. Now, we live in a time when the legacies of many great artists have been reassessed in the light of new sensitivities towards race, gender, colonialism, and so on. And Paul Goga in particular has come under the spotlight.
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