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Guardian Fiction Prize
The Guardian Fiction Prize was a literary award sponsored by ''The Guardian'' newspaper. Founded in 1965 by the ''Guardian'''s Literary Editor, W.L. Webb, and chaired by him until 1987, it recognized one fiction book per year written by a British or Commonwealth writer and published in the United Kingdom. The award ran for 33 years before being terminated. In 1999, the ''Guardian'' replaced the Fiction Prize with the ''Guardian'' First Book Award, for début works of both fiction and non-fiction, which was discontinued in 2016, with the 2015 awards being the last. Winners *1965: Clive Barry, '' Crumb Borne'' *1966: Archie Hind, ''The Dear Green Place'' *1967: Eva Figes, ''Winter Journey'' *1968: P. J. Kavanagh, ''A Song and a Dance'' *1969: Maurice Leitch, ''Poor Lazarus'' *1970: Margaret Blount, ''When Did You Last See your Father?'' *1971: Thomas Kilroy, '' The Big Chapel'' *1972: John Berger, '' G'' *1973: Peter Redgrove, ''In the Country of the Skin'' *1974: Beryl B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Clayton
Sylvia may refer to: People *Sylvia (given name) *Sylvia (singer), American country music and country pop singer and songwriter *Sylvia Robinson, American singer, record producer, and record label executive *Sylvia Vrethammar, Swedish singer credited as "Sylvia" in Australia and the UK * Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial arts fighter * Colin Sylvia, Australian football player Places * Mount Sylvia, a former name of Xueshan on Taiwan Island * Mount Sylvia, Queensland, Australia *Sylvia, Kansas, a town in Kansas, United States *Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem, New York City, New York, United States *Fort Sylvia, now Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia Art, entertainment, and media Comics * ''Sylvia'' (comic strip), a long-running comic strip by cartoonist Nicole Hollander Films * ''Sylvia'' (1961 film), an Australian television play * ''Sylvia'' (1965 film), an American drama film * ''Sylvia'' (1985 film), a New Zealand film about New Zealand educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner * ''Sylvia'' (1985 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Hughes (writer)
Glyn Hughes (25 May 1935 – 24 May 2011) was an English poet, novelist and artist. Early life and education Glyn Hughes was born on 25 May 1935 in Altrincham. His father was a bus conductor, who had been unemployed in the 1920's. His mother "cleaned other people's houses." He grew up in a council house estate, introduced to literature by his father, who was a voracious reader. Hughes attended Altrincham Grammar School for Boys. He has stated that "literature at school was nothing... had nothing to do with my life... A mess of words. " At the age of 13, he discovered Richard Jefferies on his own on the shelves of the public library. After grammar school he attended a local art college and later trained to be a teacher. Career Hughes worked as a teacher for 10 years before becoming a full-time writer in 1968. In 1970, he bought a derelict cottage in Millbank, Sowerby Bridge for 50GBP. In 1975, he published ''Millstone Grit'', a journey through the West Riding of Yorkshire and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kepler (novel)
''Kepler'' is a novel by John Banville, first published in 1981. In ''Kepler'', Banville recreates Prague, despite never having been there when he wrote it. A historical novel, ''Kepler'' won the 1981 Guardian Fiction Prize. References 1981 Irish novels Novel A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ... Guardian Fiction Prize–winning works Historical novels Novels by John Banville Secker & Warburg books {{1980s-hist-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Banville
William John Banville (born 8 December 1945) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, Literary adaptation, adapter of dramas and screenwriter. Though he has been described as "the heir to Marcel Proust, Proust, via Vladimir Nabokov, Nabokov", Banville himself maintains that W. B. Yeats and Henry James are the two real influences on his work. Banville has won the 1976 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the 2003 Nonino#Winners, International Nonino Prize, the 2005 Booker Prize, the 2011 Franz Kafka Prize, the 2013 Austrian State Prize for European Literature and the 2014 Princess of Asturias Awards, Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2007. Italy made him a ' of the Order of the Star of Italy, Ordine della Stella d'Italia (essentially a knighthood) in 2017. He is a former member of Aosdána, having voluntarily relinquished the financial stipend in 2001 to another, more impoverished, writer. Banville was born and gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Month In The Country (novel)
''A Month in the Country'' is the fifth novel by J. L. Carr, first published in 1980 and nominated for the Booker Prize. The book won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1980. Plot The plot concerns Tom Birkin, a World War I veteran employed to uncover a mural in a village church that was thought to exist under coats of whitewash. At the same time another veteran is employed to look for a grave beyond the churchyard walls. Though Birkin is an unbeliever, there is prevalent religious symbolism throughout the book, mainly dealing with judgement. The novel explores themes of England's loss of spirituality after the war, and of happiness, Depression (mood), melancholy, and nostalgia as Birkin recalls the summer uncovering the mural, when he healed from his wartime experiences and a broken marriage. Critical reception In an essay for ''Open Letters Monthly'', Ingrid Norton praised the novel's subtlety: The happiness depicted in ''A Month in the Country'' is wise and wary, aware of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Hunger
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dambudzo Marechera
Dambudzo Marechera (4 June 1952 – 18 August 1987) was a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer, playwright, and poet. His short career produced a book of stories, two novels (one published posthumously), a book of plays, prose, and poetry, and a collection of poetry (also posthumous). His first book, a fiction collection entitled ''The House of Hunger'' (1978), won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. Marechera was best known for his abrasive, heavily detailed, and self-aware writing, which was considered a new frontier in African literature, and his unorthodox behaviour at the universities from which he was expelled despite excelling in his studies. Early life and education Marechera was born on 4 June 1952 in Vengere Township, Rusape, Southern Rhodesia, to Isaac Marechera, a mortuary attendant, and Masvotwa Venenzia Marechera, a maid. He was the child of Shona people, Shona parents from the eastern-central part of Rhodesia. He grew up amid racial discrimination, pov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night In Tunisia (short Story Collection)
''Night in Tunisia'' was the first book by Irish writer Neil Jordan in 1976, containing ten stories, which was published by The Irish Writers Co-operative (Co-op Books) in Dublin, Ireland. The story's title is A Night in Tunisia, a jazz standard composed by Dizzy Gillespie. In 1979, the book won the Guardian Fiction Prize and was then published by Writers and Readers in the UK and by George Braziller in the US. Stories *"Last Orders" - In Kensal Rise a young hod carrier from Dublin commits suicide by slashing his wrists in the local Victorian bath house surrounded by other navvies. *"Seduction" - Every August the narrator meets his friend Jamie in an Irish seaside resort where they talk about girls, as their sexuality reveals itself. *"Sand" - A boy is offered a half-an hour ride on a tinker's donkey on a beach in exchange for the tinkers 'go' on his nearby sister Jean. He accepts but doesn't realise what the tinker really meant by 'go' until he hears his sister's screams. *"Mr S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Jordan
Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish filmmaker and writer. He first achieved recognition for his short story collection, ''Night in Tunisia (short story collection), Night in Tunisia,'' which won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. After a stint working at RTÉ, he made his directorial debut with the 1982 film ''Angel (1982 Irish film), Angel''. Jordan's best-known films include the crime thrillers ''Mona Lisa (film), Mona Lisa'' (1986) and ''The Crying Game'' (1992), the horror dramas ''Interview with the Vampire (film), Interview with the Vampire'' (1994) and ''Byzantium (film), Byzantium'' (2012), the biopic ''Michael Collins (film), Michael Collins'' (1996), the black comedy ''The Butcher Boy (1997 film), The Butcher Boy'' (1997), the Graham Greene adaptation ''The End of the Affair (1999 film), The End of the Affair'' (1999), the transgender-themed dramedy ''Breakfast on Pluto (film), Breakfast on Pluto'' (2005), and the psychological thriller ''Greta (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Murderer (Roy Heath Novel)
"The Murderer" (1953) is a short story by Ray Bradbury, published in his collection '' The Golden Apples of the Sun''. Plot summary The scene is set in an unspecified future, in an apparently sterile and clinical building. There is music coming from every direction; each person, it seems, is listening to music, talking on a phone, using an intercom, or communicating constantly in some other way. Most people seem to be engaged in several of these activities at the same time. A psychiatrist exits the noisy environment to confront a patient confined to a small safe-room. The psychiatrist notes that its patient has ripped the radio out of the wall to silence it. The room seems unnaturally quiet to the psychiatrist, yet the patient seems perfectly at ease, even happy. The patient, Albert Brock, calls himself "The Murderer", and demonstrates his murderous ability by destroying the psychiatrist's wrist radio. Questioning reveals that the man had one day been driven mad by the constan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Heath
Roy Aubrey Kelvin Heath (13 August 1926 – 14 May 2008) was a Guyanese writer who settled in the UK, where he lived for five decades, working as a schoolteacher as well as writing. His 1978 novel '' The Murderer'' won the ''Guardian'' Fiction Prize. He went on to become more noted for his "Georgetown Trilogy" of novels, consisting of ''From the Heat of the Day'' (1979), ''One Generation'' (1980), and ''Genetha'' (1981), which were also published in an omnibus volume as ''The Armstrong Trilogy'', 1994. Heath said that his writing was "intended to be a dramatic chronicle of twentieth-century Guyana". Biography Roy Heath was born and grew up in Georgetown in what was then British Guiana, and "had African, Indian, European and Amerindian blood running through his veins"."Roy A. K. Heath" ''The West Indian Encyclopedia''. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
