Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize (Newdigate Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1974) Winner
Alan Hollinghurst
アラン・ホリングハースト
Alan Hollinghurst
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1954-05-26 （Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Stroud (birthplace) → London (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Short story writer, Translator, Editor
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- Member of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Ronald Firbank, E. M. Forster, L. P. Hartley
- Influenced
- Contemporary gay-themed fiction and younger writers
- Nominations
- 2011 Booker Prize longlist (The Stranger's Child)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magdalen College, Oxford | English | Department of English | BA | 1972–1975 | United Kingdom |
| Magdalen College, Oxford | English (graduate) | Department of English | MLitt | 1975–1979 | United Kingdom |
Magdalen College, Oxford
English
/ Department of English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1972–1975
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
United Kingdom
Undergraduate studies. Awarded the Newdigate Prize (1974).
Magdalen College, Oxford
English (graduate)
/ Department of English
Degree:
MLitt
Period:
1975–1979
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United Kingdom
MLitt thesis on works by Ronald Firbank, E. M. Forster and L. P. Hartley.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Newdigate Prize | — | — | University of Oxford | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Somerset Maugham Award | The Swimming-Pool Library | — | Somerset Maugham Award committee | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Stonewall Book Award | The Swimming-Pool Library | — | American Library Association (Rainbow Roundtable) | 受賞 |
| 1994 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Fiction) | The Folding Star | — | University of Edinburgh (James Tait Black) | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Booker Prize | The Line of Beauty | — | The Booker Prize Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Bill Whitehead Award | — | Lifetime Achievement | Publishing Triangle | 受賞 |
| 2025 | David Cohen Prize | — | — | David Cohen Prize committee | 受賞 |
Newdigate Prize
1974
Organization:
University of Oxford
Result:
受賞
Somerset Maugham Award
1989
Work:
The Swimming-Pool Library
Organization:
Somerset Maugham Award committee
Result:
受賞
Stonewall Book Award
1989
Work:
The Swimming-Pool Library
Organization:
American Library Association (Rainbow Roundtable)
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Fiction)
1994
Work:
The Folding Star
Organization:
University of Edinburgh (James Tait Black)
Result:
受賞
Booker Prize
2004
Work:
The Line of Beauty
Organization:
The Booker Prize Foundation
Result:
受賞
Bill Whitehead Award
2011
Category:
Lifetime Achievement
Organization:
Publishing Triangle
Result:
受賞
David Cohen Prize
2025
Organization:
David Cohen Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Lambda Literary Awards
2 appearances
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Edition 1 (1989) Winner
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Edition 7 (1995) Winner
Stonewall Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1989) Winner
Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 76 (1994) Winner
Booker Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (2004) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Swimming-Pool Library
1988 NovelA debut novel set in London exploring gay life, desire, class and memory.
gay themesidentityclass
The Folding Star
1994 NovelSet abroad, this novel deals with love, desire and obsession with art.
desireartexile/strangeness
The Spell
1998 NovelA novel focused on subtle human dynamics and memory.
memorydesirerelationships
The Line of Beauty
2004 NovelSet against 1980s Britain, following a gay protagonist through themes of class, politics and desire. Booker Prize winner.
politicsclassgay themesdesire
The Stranger's Child
2011 NovelA multi-generational novel about memory and literary legacy. Longlisted for the 2011 Booker Prize.
memorylegacytime
The Sparsholt Affair
2017 NovelTraces gay life and social change from the postwar period to the present.
historygay themessocial change
Our Evenings
2024 NovelLatest novel (2024). Highly praised by critics for its delicate depiction of contemporary society and private life.
private lifetimerelationships
Bibliography
- Isherwood is at Santa Monica (poetry, 1975)
- Poetry Introduction 4 (poetry, 1978)
- Confidential Chats with Boys (poetry, 1982)
- A Thieving Boy (short story, 1983)
- The Swimming-Pool Library (novel, 1988)
- The Folding Star (novel, 1994)
- The Spell (novel, 1998)
- The Line of Beauty (novel, 2004)
- The Stranger's Child (novel, 2011)
- The Sparsholt Affair (novel, 2017)
- Our Evenings (novel, 2024)
- Translation: Bajazet by Jean Racine (1991)
- Translations: Bérénice and Bajazet by Jean Racine (2012)
- Editor: New Writing 4 (co-editor, 1995)
Translations by Author
- Bajazet (Jean Racine, 1991)
- Bérénice and Bajazet (Jean Racine, 2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- meticulous, stylistic English prosesentence-level technical virtuosityblend of classical narration with contemporary themes
- Recurring Motifs
- gay desireclass and social statusmemory and timebeauty versus morality
Legacy
Alan Hollinghurst is regarded as a writer who helped bring gay-themed fiction into the literary mainstream. Praised for his meticulous prose and handling of social and historical themes, he is a winner of major literary awards including the Booker Prize.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Literature
Archives
- Bodleian Library archives (Oxford)
Quotes
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“I'm not at all easy to live with. I wish I could integrate writing into ordinary social life, but I don't seem to be able to.”
Source: Interview (The Guardian, cited) (2011)
Trivia
- Won the Newdigate Prize in 1974.
- Received the Somerset Maugham Award and the Stonewall Book Award in 1989 for The Swimming-Pool Library.
- Won the 2004 Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty.
- Studied and later lectured at Magdalen College, Oxford; awarded for poetry while at Oxford.
- Served as deputy editor of the Times Literary Supplement from 1985 to 1990.