Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 66 (2006) Winner
Alexander Masters
アレクサンダー・マスターズ
Arekusandā Masutāzu
Aliases:
Alexander Wright Masters
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Screenwriter, Worker with the homeless
- Active Years
- 2005-
- Affiliations
- Kingston University
- Influenced By
- Dexter Masters, Joan Brady
- Nominations
- Whitbread Book-of-the-Year Award (shortlisted, biography category), Samuel Johnson Prize (shortlisted), National Book Critics Circle Award (shortlisted)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedales School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| King's College London | — | Physics | First Class Honours | — | United Kingdom |
| St Edmund's College, Cambridge | — | Mathematics | PhD (philosophy of quantum mechanics, unfinished) | — | United Kingdom |
| Open University | — | Mathematics | MSc | — | United Kingdom |
Bedales School
Country:
United Kingdom
King's College London
Physics
Degree:
First Class Honours
Country:
United Kingdom
First in physics
St Edmund's College, Cambridge
Mathematics
Degree:
PhD (philosophy of quantum mechanics, unfinished)
Country:
United Kingdom
Beginnings of a PhD in the philosophy of quantum mechanics
Open University
Mathematics
Degree:
MSc
Country:
United Kingdom
Studying for an MSc degree in mathematics
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Guardian First Book Award | Stuart: A Life Backwards | — | The Guardian | Winner |
| 2005 | Hawthornden Prize | Stuart: A Life Backwards | — | — | Winner |
| 2005 | Arts Council Writers' Award | Stuart: A Life Backwards | — | Arts Council England | Winner |
| 2007 | Royal Television Society Award | Stuart: A Life Backwards (screenplay) | Single Drama | Royal Television Society | Winner |
| 2007 | Reims International Television Award | Stuart: A Life Backwards (screenplay) | Best TV Screenplay | — | Winner |
Guardian First Book Award
2005
Work:
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Organization:
The Guardian
Result:
Winner
Hawthornden Prize
2005
Work:
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Result:
Winner
Arts Council Writers' Award
2005
Work:
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Organization:
Arts Council England
Result:
Winner
Royal Television Society Award
2007
Work:
Stuart: A Life Backwards (screenplay)
Category:
Single Drama
Organization:
Royal Television Society
Result:
Winner
Reims International Television Award
2007
Work:
Stuart: A Life Backwards (screenplay)
Category:
Best TV Screenplay
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Stuart: A Life Backwards
2005 BiographyBiography of homeless Stuart Shorter, tracing his life backwards from adulthood to troubled childhood.
HomelessnessDisabilityCrimeFamily
Adaptations
- [TV Drama] Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)
Gary's Friends
2007 Photo book/Non-fictionChronicles lives of drug and alcohol abusers in North East England with photographer Adrian Clarke.
Drug abuseAlcohol abuse
The Genius in My Basement
2011 BiographyBiography of mathematician Simon P. Norton.
MathematicsGenius
A Life Discarded: 148 Diaries Found in a Skip
2016 Non-fictionStory based on 148 diaries found in a skip.
DiariesMysterious life
Bibliography
- Stuart: A Life Backwards (2005)
- Gary's Friends (2007)
- The Genius in My Basement (2011)
- A Life Discarded: 148 Diaries Found in a Skip (2016)
Adaptations
- Stuart: A Life Backwards BBC/HBO drama (2007)
Legacy
Known for biographies of homeless people and marginal figures.
In Popular Culture
- Portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2007 BBC dramatization of Stuart: A Life Backwards.
Trivia
- Parents are authors Dexter Masters and Joan Brady.
- Worked as an assistant at a hostel for the homeless in Cambridge.