Anthony Holden

**Anthony Ivan Holden** (22 ga Mayu 1947 - 7 ga Oktoba 2023) marubuci ne na Ingila, mai watsa shirye-shirye kuma mai sukar adabi, musamman wanda aka sani da marubucin tarihin masu fasaha ciki har da Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, mai rubutun makala Leigh Hunt, mai rubuta wasan opera Lorenzo Da Ponte da kuma jarumi Laurence Olivier, da kuma membobin dangin sarautar Birtaniya, musamman Charles, Yariman Wales . Holden ya kuma buga fassarorin opera da waƙoƙin Girka na zamanin da, da kuma wasu littattafan tarihin rayuwa da dama game da wasan karta. A shekarar 2009, an zaɓe shi Shugaban farko na Ƙungiyar Wasan Poker ta Duniya (IFMP). 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Holden a Southport, Lancashire, a ranar 22 ga Mayu 1947 ga John Holden (1918–1985), jami'i a Rundunar Manchester, da Margaret Lois (1918–1985), 'yar Ivan Sharpe, ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙasa da ƙasa na Ingila kuma wanda ya lashe lambar zinare ta Olympics wanda daga baya ya zama marubuciya mai shahara a wasanni.  Mahaifin Holden, John, shine ɗa na biyu ga Sir George Holden, Baronet na 2, na The Firs, Lancashire.   Holden ya yi karatu a Makarantar Trearddur House, Anglesey, a Makarantar Oundle da kuma a Kwalejin Merton, Oxford,  inda ya karanta harsunan Turanci da adabi, ya gyara mujallar ɗalibi *Isis*  kuma ya bayyana a *Jami'ar Kalubale* .

## Sana'a
Holden, ɗan jarida kafin ya zama cikakken marubuci, a farkon aikinsa na ɗalibi mai digiri na biyu a shirin *Hemel Hempstead Evening Post-Echo* na Thomson Regional Newspapers, ya yi bayani game da shari'ar da aka yi a St Albans game da mai guba mai tabin hankali Graham Young .  Littafinsa kan shari'ar, *The St. Albans Poisoner* (1974), an ɗauki hotonsa a matsayin *The Young Poisoner's Handbook* (1995). An naɗa shi ɗan jarida na shekara a 1972, yana cikin ma'aikatan *The Sunday Times* (1973–79), an yaba masa a kyautar British Press Awards a 1976 a matsayin News Reporter of the Year saboda aikinsa a Arewacin Ireland, kuma ya lashe kyautar Columnist of the Year a 1977. Ya kasance Wakilin Washington kuma editan Amurka na *The Observer* (1979–81), Mataimakin Editan *The Times* (1981–82), Babban Editan, *Today*, (1985–86), kuma babban mai sukar kiɗan gargajiya na *The Observer* (2002–08).  

A tsakanin 1999-2000, ya zama memba na farko na Cibiyar Malamai da Marubuta a Laburaren Jama'a na New York . Lokacin da yake alkalin kyautar Whitbread a 2000, ya ce da zai zama "wulakanci na ƙasa" idan Harry Potter da Fursunan Azkaban suka yi nasara, kafin fassarar Beowulf ta Seamus Heaney . Holden ya yi barazanar yin murabus idan hakan ta faru. Marubucin littafin Robert Harris ya yi wa wannan barazanar ba'a a matsayin "mai girman kai".

Holden kwararren ɗan wasan karta ne, kuma ya yi shekara guda yana wasa da ƙwarewa yayin da yake bincike kan littafinsa na 1990 *mai suna Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player* (Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player)  ), wanda masu sha'awar wasan karta suka yaba masa tun daga David Mamet da Salman Rushdie har zuwa Walter Matthau . Littafin ya kunshi abubuwan da ya fuskanta tsakanin gasar World Series of Poker (WSOP) a shekarar 1988 da 1989 .

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Holden ya auri Amanda Warren a shekarar 1971. Sun haifi 'ya'ya maza uku da jikoki huɗu. Sun rabu a shekarar 1988 kuma a shekarar 1990 Holden ya auri marubuciya Cynthia "Cindy" Blake.  Sun rabu a shekarar 2000, amma ba su rabu ba. 

Holden ya mutu sakamakon ciwon kwakwalwa da kuma matsalolin bugun jini a gidansa da ke Landan a ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 2023, yana da shekaru 76.  

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