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Lindsay Clarke (born 1939,
Alma Books
. In her review of the novel in ''The Times'' Antonia Senior said "There is nothing small about this book. It is huge in scope, in energy, in heart...It is difficult to remember a recent book that is at once so beautiful and yet so thought provoking." ''The Water Theatre'' was selected as a winner of the inaugural Fiction Uncovered competition in 2011 and was included among ''The Timess Books of the Year. In 2012 ''The Water Theatre'' was chosen as the inaugural e-book publication of ''The New York Review of Books'' under their NYRB Lit imprint. Before becoming a writer, Lindsay's career in education took him to Akim-Oda, Ghana, where he worked as Senior Master of a co-educational boarding school. He has also worked in the United States. He lectures in creative writing at
The Pushkin Trust
in Northern Ireland, and teaches writing workshops in Frome, London and at the Arvon Foundation. He has had four radio plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and a number of his articles and reviews have been published in ''Resurgence'' and ''The London Magazine.'' Lindsay has one daughter from his first marriage. In 2014 he was awarded a Civil List Pension "in recognition of services to literature." Clarke passionately believes in the power of the creative imagination and writes about imagination, consciousness and mythology i
his blog
Lindsay Clarke's official websiteClarke's representation at United Agents
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Lindsay 1939 births Living people Writers from Halifax, West Yorkshire 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists Academics of Cardiff University Alumni of King's College, Cambridge British male novelists English historical novelists People educated at Heath Grammar School Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English male writers
Lindsay Clarke (born 1939, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire
Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woo ...
) is a British novelist. He was educated at Heath Grammar School in Halifax and at King's College, Cambridge
King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a List of colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces ...
. The landscape of hills, moors and crags around Halifax informed the growth of his imagination, while King's refined his sensibility and sharpened his intellect.
His debut novel, ''Sunday Whiteman'', was shortlisted for the David Higham First Novel Award, and his second novel '' The Chymical Wedding'', partly inspired by the life of Mary Anne Atwood, won the Whitbread Prize
The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in United Kingdom, UK and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first ...
in 1989. Clarke's most recent novel is ''The Water Theatre'' (published in September 2010 bAlma Books
. In her review of the novel in ''The Times'' Antonia Senior said "There is nothing small about this book. It is huge in scope, in energy, in heart...It is difficult to remember a recent book that is at once so beautiful and yet so thought provoking." ''The Water Theatre'' was selected as a winner of the inaugural Fiction Uncovered competition in 2011 and was included among ''The Timess Books of the Year. In 2012 ''The Water Theatre'' was chosen as the inaugural e-book publication of ''The New York Review of Books'' under their NYRB Lit imprint. Before becoming a writer, Lindsay's career in education took him to Akim-Oda, Ghana, where he worked as Senior Master of a co-educational boarding school. He has also worked in the United States. He lectures in creative writing at
Cardiff University
Cardiff University () is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed Unive ...
, is a Creative Consultant tThe Pushkin Trust
in Northern Ireland, and teaches writing workshops in Frome, London and at the Arvon Foundation. He has had four radio plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and a number of his articles and reviews have been published in ''Resurgence'' and ''The London Magazine.'' Lindsay has one daughter from his first marriage. In 2014 he was awarded a Civil List Pension "in recognition of services to literature." Clarke passionately believes in the power of the creative imagination and writes about imagination, consciousness and mythology i
his blog
Publications
Troy Quartet
# ''A Prince of Troy'' (2019) # ''The War at Troy'' (2004), # ''The Spoils of Troy'' (2019) # ''The Return from Troy'' (2005),Novels
*''Sunday Whiteman'' (1987) *'' The Chymical Wedding'' (1989) *''Alice's Masque'' (1994) *''Parzival and the Stone from Heaven'' (2001), *''The Water Theatre'' (2010)Poetry
*''Stoker'' (2006), Phoenix Poetry Pamphlet *''A Dance with Hermes'' (2016),Non-fiction
*''Imagining Otherwise'' (2004), GreenSpirit Pamphlet No. 6 *''Green Man Dreaming: Reflections on Imagination, Myth, and Memory'' (2018),Anthologies edited
*''Essential Celtic Mythology'' (1997), . Reprinted as ''Lindsay Clarke's Traditional Celtic Stories'' (1999), . *''The Gist: A Celebration of the Imagination'' (2012), (Editor)References
* Susan Rowland, "Writing About War: Jung, Much Ado About Nothing and the Troy Novels of Lindsay Clarke" in ''Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies'' 3.1, 2007 * Mark F Lund, "Lindsay Clarke and A.S.Byatt: The Novel on the Threshold of Romance" in ''Deus Loci: The Lawrence Durrell Journal'' NS2, Vol.1, 1993External links
Lindsay Clarke's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Lindsay 1939 births Living people Writers from Halifax, West Yorkshire 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists Academics of Cardiff University Alumni of King's College, Cambridge British male novelists English historical novelists People educated at Heath Grammar School Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English male writers