I Am Dynamite!
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{{Infobox book
| name = I Am Dynamite!
| author = Sue Prideaux
| image = File:I Am Dynamite!.jpg
| caption = First edition (UK)
| subject = Biography
| pub_date = 2018
| publisher = Faber & Faber (UK)
Tim Duggan Books (US)
| pages = 452
| isbn =
}}{{Short description|2018 biography of Friedrich Nietzsche written by Sue Prideaux}}
I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche is a 2018 biography of Friedrich Nietzsche written by Sue Prideaux and published by Faber & Faber in 2018. It details the major events that occurred during his childhood through to his legacy.
It was The Times{{'s}} 2018 biography of the year,https://archive.today/20230314001621/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/books-of-the-year-2018-the-best-biography-and-memoir-bdmwzbwf8 as well as the winner of the Hawthornden Prize in 2019.
Reviews
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- {{Cite news |last1=Carey |first1=John |title=Review: I Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux — unmasking philosophy's superman |work=The Sunday Times |date=2018-09-23 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/review-i-am-dynamite-a-life-of-friedrich-nietzsche-by-sue-prideaux-unmasking-philosophys-superman-7nv3hktjz |language=en |issn=0140-0460 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |last1=Derbyshire |first1=Jonathan |title=Friedrich Nietzsche, the immoralist |work=Financial Times |date=2018-10-12 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f1cea91c-c727-11e8-ba8f-ee390057b8c9 |access-date=2018-11-25 |df=mdy-all |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181125061228/https://www.ft.com/content/f1cea91c-c727-11e8-ba8f-ee390057b8c9 |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite news |last1=Drochon |first1=Hugo |title=I Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche review: A gripping read |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=2018-11-10 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/i-am-dynamite-a-life-of-friedrich-nietzsche-review-a-gripping-read-1.3675846 |language=en |access-date=2018-11-25 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |last1=Hawes |first1=James |title=Nietzsche's intense friendship with Wagner forms the core of Sue Prideaux's excellent new biography |work=The Spectator |date=2018-09-29 |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/09/nietzsches-intense-friendship-with-wagner-forms-the-core-of-sue-prideauxs-excellent-new-biography/ |language=en-US |access-date=2018-11-25 |df=mdy-all |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181125062012/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/09/nietzsches-intense-friendship-with-wagner-forms-the-core-of-sue-prideauxs-excellent-new-biography/ |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Kathryn |title=I Am Dynamite! by Sue Prideaux review – Nietzsche as we haven't known him before |work=The Guardian |date=2018-11-21 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/21/i-am-dynamite-by-sue-prideaux-review-nietzsche |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |last1=Monk |first1=Ray |title=The agony and the destiny: Friedrich Nietzsche's descent into madness |work=New Statesman |date=2018-09-26 |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/2018/09/I-Am-Dynamite-Friedrich-Nietzsche-biography-Sue-Prideaux-review |language=en |access-date=2018-11-25 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite news |title=Nietzsche, philosophy and madness |newspaper=The Economist |date=2018-10-25 |url=https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2018/10/25/nietzsche-philosophy-and-madness |issn=0013-0613 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite journal |title=Rev. of I Am Dynamite! By Sue Prideaux |journal=Kirkus Reviews |date=2018-07-31 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sue-prideaux/i-am-dynamite/ |language=en-US |issn=1948-7428 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite news |last1=Rifkind |first1=Hugo |title=Review: I Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux — mad, bad, but probably not a Nazi |work=The Times |date=2018-09-22 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/review-i-am-dynamite-a-life-of-friedrich-nietzsche-by-sue-prideaux-mad-bad-but-probably-not-a-nazi-fmwbhz9hj |language=en |issn=0140-0460 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |last1=Robson |first1=Leo |title=The explosive life and times of a philosophical prodigy |work=Evening Standard |date=2018-10-04 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/i-am-dynamite-a-life-of-friedrich-nietzsche-by-sue-prideaux-review-a3953756.html |language=en |access-date=2018-11-25 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite news |last1=Sehgal |first1=Parul |title=A Life of Nietzsche Turns the Spotlight on an Idol Long Misunderstood |work=The New York Times |date=2018-11-09 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/books/review-i-am-dynamite-life-of-nietzsche-sue-prideaux.html |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |last1=Volpert |first1=Megan |title='I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche' Parallels the Writing Style of Nietzsche Himself |work=PopMatters |date=2018-09-07 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/i-am-dynamite-nietzsche-prideaux-2593053759.html |language=en |access-date=2018-11-25 |df=mdy-all }}
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555768/i-am-dynamite-by-sue-prideaux/}}
- [https://newbooksnetwork.com/sue-prideaux-i-am-dynamite-a-life-of-nietzsche-tim-duggan-books-2018/ Interview with the author on the New Books Network]
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