Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1999) Winner
Andrea Ashworth
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Andrea Ashworth
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1969-01-01 （Manchester, England, United Kingdom）
- Died
- 0000-00-00
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Manchester, England → Oxford, England → United States
Career
- Occupations
- Author
- Active Years
- 1998-2025
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xaverian College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Hertford College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Jesus College, Oxford | — | — | Junior Research Fellow | — | United Kingdom |
Xaverian College
Country:
United Kingdom
Secondary school
Hertford College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied as a scholar
Jesus College, Oxford
Degree:
Junior Research Fellow
Country:
United Kingdom
Junior Research Fellow
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Somerset Maugham Award | Once in a House on Fire | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
Somerset Maugham Award
1999
Work:
Once in a House on Fire
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Once in a House on Fire
1998 MemoirIt tells the story of her traumatic upbringing and the abuse that she suffered at the hands of her two stepfathers.
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Legacy
English writer and academic known for her memoir Once in a House on Fire, which won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1999.
Trivia
- Born into a working-class household in Manchester; her father died when she was five.
- Later moved to America.