250 modern writers portrayed by the greats of photography: Auden by Avedon; de Beauvoir by Cartier-Bresson; Duras by Doisneau; Proust by Man Ray; Huxley by Halsman; Apollinaire by Picasso; Arundhati Roy by Raghu Rai; Raymond Carver by Bob Adelman; Zadie Smith by Eamonn McCabe and many more

Spanning the late 19th century to the present day, Portrait of the Writer is a dazzling collection.

Many of the photographs are renowned icons of our time: others are less well known but demand discovery.

Each image is accompanied by a concise biography of the author.

Includes photographs by
Bob Adelman
Bruno Barbey
René Burri
Cornell Capa
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Elliott Erwitt
Martine Franck
David Hurn
Sergio Larrain
Herbert List
Carl Mydans
Man Ray
Gordon Parks
Sebastião Salgado
Lord Snowdon
Yukichi Watabe