Overview
After his mysterious death, Dag Hammarskjöld was described by John F. Kennedy as the ""greatest statesman of our century."" Second secretary-general of the United Nations (1953 - 61), he is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Through extensive research in little explored archives and personal correspondence, Roger Lipsey has produced the definitive biography of Dag Hammarskjöld. Hammarskjöld: A Life provides vivid new insights into the life and mind of a truly great individual. Hammarskjöld the statesman and Hammarskjöld the author of the classic spiritual journal Markings meet in this new biography - and the reader will meet them both in these pages. A towering mid-twentieth-century figure, Hammarskjöld speaks directly to our time.
Full Product Details
Author: Roger Lipsey
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 4.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9780472036622
ISBN 10: 0472036629
Pages: 760
Publication Date: 17 December 2015
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An admirably judicious and comprehensive-and long overdue-study of one of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century, whose presence remains both spiritually and politically significant for an age of violently confused international relations. -Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College (Cambridge University), former Archbishop of Canterbury A good and indispensable man, Hammarskjoeld `understood and respected the need for heroes.' In this lucid, well-written biography, he certainly emerges as one. -KIRKUS
An admirably judicious and comprehensive-and long overdue-study of one of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century, whose presence remains both spiritually and politically significant for an age of violently confused international relations. -Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College (Cambridge University), former Archbishop of Canterbury A good and indispensable man, Hammarskjold 'understood and respected the need for heroes.' In this lucid, well-written biography, he certainly emerges as one. -KIRKUS
Author Information
Roger Lipsey, author, art historian, editor, and translator, has written on a wide range of topics and intellectual figures. He was the general editor of the three-volume edited works of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Other works include An Art of Our Own: The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art and the prizewinning Angelic Mistakes: The Art of Thomas Merton. He is director of the parent company that publishes Parabola magazine.
