Robin Saikia | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Author |
| Website | robinsaikia |
Biography
Robin Saikia was born in 1962 and educated at Winchester College.[2] His mother's side is English and his father's side is of Indian Assamese ancestry. He grew up in England, Zambia and India.[3]
Books
Robin Saikia wrote The Venice Lido, a guide to Venice's beach resort.[4] He compiled Blue Guide Literary Companion London, an anthology of poetry and prose excerpts written in and about London. He also wrote The Red Book: The Membership List of The Right Club. Some of the other Blue Guides which he has written are Blue Guide Hay-on-Wye, and Blue Guide Italy Food Companion: Phrasebook & Miscellany. He was editor of The Horn Book: A Victorian Sex Manual, was co-editor, with Joachim Von Halasz, of Munich: A Third Reich Tourist Guide and was a contributor, with Charles James Lyall and Abu Zazariya Yahya Al-Tibrizi, to A Commentary on Ten Ancient Arabic Poems. Saikia also wrote A Very Fine Cat Indeed: A Dramatic Monologue which features the eighteenth century English writer Samuel Johnson reminiscing about his cat "Hodge". Saikia has published a book on the elocution of British English, entitled The Saikia System: 23 Elocution Exercises for Teachers and Students of Standard British English.
References
- ↑ "Robin Saikia". The Tablet magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ Saikia, Robin (2020). A Very Fine Cat Indeed: A Dramatic Monologue.
- ↑ Davidzon, Vladislav (26 June 2013). "Secrets of English World War II Upper-Class Nazi Club Revealed by a Venetian Dandy". The Tablet magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ Rule, Vera (8 July 2011). "The Venice Lido by Robin Saikia – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2018.