John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 69 (2010) Winner
Amy Sackville
エイミー・サックビル
Eimī Sakkubiru
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- United Kingdom
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 2010-
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Nominations
- Orange Prize for Fiction nomination (2010)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds University | English and Theatre Studies | English and Theatre Studies | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Exeter College, University of Oxford | — | — | MPhil | — | United Kingdom |
| Goldsmiths, University of London | — | Creative Writing | MA (Creative Writing) | — | United Kingdom |
Leeds University
English and Theatre Studies
/ English and Theatre Studies
Country:
United Kingdom
Exeter College, University of Oxford
Degree:
MPhil
Country:
United Kingdom
MPhil (research/master's level)
Goldsmiths, University of London
Creative Writing
Degree:
MA (Creative Writing)
Country:
United Kingdom
Completed an MA in creative writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize | The Still Point | — | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (awarding body) | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Somerset Maugham Award | Orkney | — | The Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | 選出 |
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
2010
Work:
The Still Point
Organization:
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (awarding body)
Result:
受賞
Somerset Maugham Award
2014
Work:
Orkney
Organization:
The Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
2018
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2014) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Still Point
2010 NovelDebut novel exploring family relationships, loss and memory with a quiet, descriptive style that follows inner lives and the passage of time.
memorylossfamily
Orkney
2013 NovelSet in the Orkney islands, the novel intertwines landscape, history and personal memory; winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 2014.
sense of placememoryhistory
Painter to the King
2018 Historical novelA novel about Diego Velázquez and the court of Philip IV of Spain, richly depicting art, power and the act of artistic creation.
artpowerthe creative process
Bibliography
- The Still Point
- Orkney
- Painter to the King
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Subtle, descriptive proseFocus on interior monologue and overlapping perceptions of time
- Recurring Motifs
- memorylandscape and placepassage of timeart and creation
Legacy
Recognized early for her debut novel and subsequently a recipient and nominee of several literary awards, she is regarded as a notable contemporary British novelist with recognition including election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
Trivia
- Won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for her debut novel The Still Point (2010).
- Won the Somerset Maugham Award for Orkney (2014).
- Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018 as part of the '40 Under 40' initiative.
- Studied at Leeds University and Exeter College, Oxford, and completed an MA in creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London.