Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1947) Winner
A. L. Barker
エー・エル・バーガー
A. L. Bākā
Aliases:
Audrey Lilian Barker
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1918-04-13 （St Pauls Cray, Kent）
- Died
- 2002-02-21 age 83
- Nationality
- British, English
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- St Pauls Cray, Kent → Beckenham
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short-story writer
- Active Years
- 1947-2002
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Nominations
- Booker Prize shortlist (1970, John Brown's Body)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Somerset Maugham Prize | Innocents | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 1962 | Cheltenham Literary Festival award | — | — | Cheltenham Literary Festival | 受賞 |
Somerset Maugham Prize
1947
Work:
Innocents
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Cheltenham Literary Festival award
1962
Organization:
Cheltenham Literary Festival
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Innocents
1947 Short story collectionA collection of short stories exploring themes of innocence.
lovegood vs. evilyouth vs. experiencechildren
John Brown's Body
1970 NovelNovel shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
lovegood vs. evil
Bibliography
- Apology for a Hero (1950)
- A Case Examined (1965)
- The Middling (1967)
- John Brown's Body (1970)
- Source of Embarrassment (1974)
- A Heavy Feather (1978)
- Relative Successes (1984)
- The Gooseboy (1987)
- The Woman Who Talked to Herself (1989)
- Zeph (1992)
- The Haunt (1999)
- Innocents (1947)
- Novelette, with Other Stories (1951)
- The Joy-Ride and After (1963)
- Lost Upon the Roundabouts (1964)
- Femina Real (1971)
- Life Stories (1981)
- No Word of Love (1985)
- Any Excuse for a Party (1991)
- Element of Doubt (1992)
- Submerged (2002)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Exploration of children as catalysts and victimsBoundaries between reality and fantasy
- Recurring Motifs
- lovegood vs. evilyouth vs. experience
Legacy
Not commercially successful in her lifetime but highly regarded by critics and authors like Rebecca West.
In Popular Culture
- Referenced in Gerald Murnane's novel Inland
- BBC Radio dramatizations of her stories
Quotes
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I am a fanatical admirer of A. L. Barker. If you cannot read her it is your fault. You should ask your vet to put you down if you do not admire The Middling or An Occasion for Embarrassment.
Source: Rebecca West
Trivia
- Only child
- Sent to work at a clockmaking firm at age 16
- Worked at Amalgamated Press, Cresset Press, and BBC