Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (1960) Winner
Alan Sillitoe
アラン・シリトー
Aran Shiritō
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-03-04 （Nottingham）
- Died
- 2010-04-25 （London） age 82
- Nationality
- England, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Nottingham → Malaya → France → Spain → Mallorca → Kent → London → Montpellier
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Factory worker, RAF wireless operator
- Active Years
- 1958-2010
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Ernest Hemingway, Robert Graves
- Influenced
- John Osborne, John Braine
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Hawthornden Prize | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | — | Hawthornden Committee | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Honorary degree | — | — | Nottingham Polytechnic | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Honorary D.Litt. | — | — | University of Nottingham | 受賞 |
Hawthornden Prize
1959
Work:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Organization:
Hawthornden Committee
Result:
受賞
Honorary degree
1990
Organization:
Nottingham Polytechnic
Result:
受賞
Honorary D.Litt.
1994
Organization:
University of Nottingham
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1958 Working-class novelA debut novel depicting the disillusionment of a young factory worker in post-war Britain.
Working classPost-war BritainEnd of youth
Adaptations
- [Film] Saturday Night and Sunday Morning / Karel Reisz (1960)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1959 Short storyA story about a borstal boy's rebellion through long-distance running.
RebellionClass struggleLoneliness
Adaptations
- [Film] The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner / Tony Richardson (1962)
Bibliography
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- The General
- Key to the Door
- The Death of William Posters
- A Start in Life
- The Widower's Son
- The Open Door
Adaptations
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960 film)
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962 film)
- Counterpoint (1967 film)
- The Ragman's Daughter (1972 film)
Translations by Author
- Chopin's Winter in Majorca
- All Citizens Are Soldiers (Fuente Ovejuna)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Hemingway-esque stripped-down proseRealismNottingham dialect
- Recurring Motifs
- Working-class lifeRebellionPost-war disillusionment
Health
-
Tuberculosis1940年代後半16 months in hospital, pensioned off, lived abroad for recovery
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Cancer晩年Cause of death
Legacy
Known as one of the 'Angry Young Men' of the 1950s, chronicling working-class life in post-war Britain. Major works adapted into acclaimed films.
In Popular Culture
- Celebrated in the Soviet Union as spokesman for oppressed Western workers
- Buried in Highgate Cemetery
Trivia
- Left school at 14
- Illiterate and violent father
- Worked at Raleigh Bicycle factory
- RAF service in Malayan Emergency
- Married poet Ruth Fainlight, two children