Anthony Holden

Anthony Ivan Holden was an English writer, broadcaster and literary critic, particularly known as a biographer of artists including Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, essayist Leigh Hunt, opera librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte and actor Laurence Olivier, and of members of the British royal family, notably Charles, Prince of Wales. Holden also published translations of opera and Ancient Greek poetry, as well as several autobiographical books about poker. In 2009, he was elected the first President of the International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP).