Betty Trask Prize and Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (2007) Winner
Adam Foulds
アダム・フォールズ
Adam Foulds
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1974-10-08 （London, United Kingdom）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London, United Kingdom → Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist
- Active Years
- 2007-
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft's School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| St Catherine's College, Oxford | — | English | BA | — | United Kingdom |
| University of East Anglia | — | Creative Writing | MA | — | United Kingdom |
Bancroft's School
Country:
United Kingdom
Secondary education institution
St Catherine's College, Oxford
English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United Kingdom
Read English under Craig Raine
University of East Anglia
Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
United Kingdom
MA in Creative Writing (2001)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Betty Trask Award | The Truth About These Strange Times | — | Society of Authors | Won |
| — | Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award | — | — | The Sunday Times | Won |
| 2008 | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize | The Broken Word | — | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize | Shortlisted |
| 2008 | Costa Book Awards (Poetry) | The Broken Word | Poetry | Costa Book Awards | Won |
| 2009 | Somerset Maugham Award | — | — | Society of Authors | Won |
| 2009 | Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award (Shortlisted) | — | — | The Sunday Times | Shortlisted |
| 2009 | Man Booker Prize (Shortlisted) | The Quickening Maze | — | Man Booker Prize | Shortlisted |
| 2011 | Encore Award | The Quickening Maze | — | Society of Authors | Won |
| 2010 | Walter Scott Prize | The Quickening Maze | — | Walter Scott Prize | Shortlisted |
| 2010 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | Honored |
| 2011 | European Union Prize for Literature | The Quickening Maze | — | European Union Prize for Literature | Won |
| 2013 | Granta Best of Young British Novelists | — | — | Granta | Won |
| 2015 | Walter Scott Prize (Shortlisted) | In the Wolf's Mouth | — | Walter Scott Prize | Shortlisted |
| 2019 | Giller Prize (Longlisted) | Dream Sequence | — | Giller Prize | Longlisted |
Betty Trask Award
2007
Work:
The Truth About These Strange Times
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
Won
Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award
Organization:
The Sunday Times
Result:
Won
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
2008
Work:
The Broken Word
Organization:
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Result:
Shortlisted
Costa Book Awards (Poetry)
2008
Work:
The Broken Word
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Costa Book Awards
Result:
Won
Somerset Maugham Award
2009
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
Won
Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award (Shortlisted)
2009
Organization:
The Sunday Times
Result:
Shortlisted
Man Booker Prize (Shortlisted)
2009
Work:
The Quickening Maze
Organization:
Man Booker Prize
Result:
Shortlisted
Encore Award
2011
Work:
The Quickening Maze
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
Won
Walter Scott Prize
2010
Work:
The Quickening Maze
Organization:
Walter Scott Prize
Result:
Shortlisted
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
2010
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
Honored
European Union Prize for Literature
2011
Work:
The Quickening Maze
Organization:
European Union Prize for Literature
Result:
Won
Granta Best of Young British Novelists
2013
Organization:
Granta
Result:
Won
Walter Scott Prize (Shortlisted)
2015
Work:
In the Wolf's Mouth
Organization:
Walter Scott Prize
Result:
Shortlisted
Giller Prize (Longlisted)
2019
Work:
Dream Sequence
Organization:
Giller Prize
Result:
Longlisted
Awards & Nominations
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 38 (2008) Winner
Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 0 (2009) Winner
Encore Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 19 (2010) Winner
European Union Prize for Literature
1 appearances
-
Edition 3 (2011) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Truth About These Strange Times
2007 NovelA first novel set in the present day that partly revolves around the World Memory Championships and explores a cast of characters.
memorycompetitionidentity
The Broken Word
2008 Narrative poem / verse novellaA fictionalised account of events during the Mau Mau Uprising; a substantial narrative poem depicting violence and memory.
historyviolencememory
The Quickening Maze
2009 Novel (historical fiction)Set in a Victorian lunatic asylum, it follows figures such as the poet John Clare to explore the boundaries between sanity and madness.
madnesshistoryart and the mind
In the Wolf's Mouth
2014 Novel (historical fiction)A long novel that uses historical material to examine human frailty, violence and a sense of mission.
violencemoralityhistory
Dream Sequence
2019 Short fiction / collectionA collection of short fiction exploring dreams, memory and the intersections with reality.
dreamsmemoryreality
Bibliography
- The Truth About These Strange Times (2007)
- The Broken Word (2008)
- The Quickening Maze (2009)
- In the Wolf's Mouth (2014)
- Dream Sequence (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- epic, poetic prosedetailed psychological depictionweighty narration incorporating historical material
- Recurring Motifs
- memorythe boundary between madness and sanityhistory and violence
Legacy
A writer acclaimed both as a poet and novelist. Known for bringing poetic techniques into fiction and for handling historical subjects; recipient and nominee of multiple major literary awards.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Literature
Quotes
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'The Quickening Maze' is the real thing — a novelistic novel, rich in its understanding and representation of the mad, the sane, and that large overlapping category in between.
Source: Julian Barnes (review in The Guardian) (2009)
Trivia
- Surname pronounced /foʊldz/.
- Married to Canadian photographer Charla Jones and lives in Toronto.
- Active in both poetry and fiction.