Bart van Es

Bart van Es was born in the Netherlands in 1972. He speaks both English and Dutch and is based in England. He is a Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Catherine's College. His work includes Spenser's forms of History, Shakespeare in Company, Shakespeare's Comedies: A Very Short Introduction, and The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found, for which, he won the 2018 Costa Prize for Biography.