Betty Trask Prize and Awards
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Edition 20 (2003) Winner
Adam Thirlwell
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Adam Thirlwell
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1978-08-22
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London → Oxford → Berlin
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, editor
- Active Years
- 2003-2024
- Affiliations
- The Paris Review (advisory editor), Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Nominations
- Encore Award shortlist (The Escape, 2009), Orwell Prize for Political Fiction shortlist (The Future Future, 2024), Premio Gregor von Rezzori shortlist (The Future Future, 2025)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| New College, Oxford | Faculty of English | — | BA (First Class) | 1990年代後半 | United Kingdom |
| All Souls College, Oxford | — | — | Prize Fellow | 2000-2007 | United Kingdom |
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Country:
United Kingdom
New College, Oxford
Faculty of English
Degree:
BA (First Class)
Period:
1990年代後半
Year of Graduation:
2000
Country:
United Kingdom
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All Souls College, Oxford
Degree:
Prize Fellow
Period:
2000-2007
Country:
United Kingdom
Prize Fellow
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Betty Trask Award | Politics | — | Society of Authors | winner |
| 2008 | Somerset Maugham Award | Miss Herbert | — | — | winner |
| 2015 | E.M. Forster Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | winner |
Betty Trask Award
2003
Work:
Politics
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Somerset Maugham Award
2008
Work:
Miss Herbert
Result:
winner
E.M. Forster Award
2015
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
Politics
2003 novelTranslations
- translated into thirty languages
The Escape
2009 novelLurid & Cute
2015 novelThe Future Future
2023 novelBibliography
- Politics (2003), The Escape (2009), Lurid & Cute (2015), The Future Future (2023), Miss Herbert (2007), Kapow! (2012)
Translations of Works
- works translated into thirty languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimentaltranslation-focusedmultilingual
- Recurring Motifs
- humour and melancholypolitics
Legacy
Twice named in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, received E.M. Forster Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.