James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
-
Edition 79 (1997) Winner
Andrew Miller
アンドリュー・ミラー
Andoryū Mirā
Aliases:
Andrew Brooke Miller
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-04-29 （Bristol）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- West Country → Spain → Japan → Ireland → France → Witham Friary, Somerset
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Author
- Active Years
- 1997-2024
- Affiliations
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature
- Nominations
- Booker Prize shortlist (Oxygen, 2001), Walter Scott Prize shortlist (Pure, 2012; Now We Shall Be Entirely Free, 2019), IMPAC shortlist (Pure, 2013), Booker shortlist (The Land in Winter, 2025), etc.
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dauntsey's School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Middlesex Polytechnic (now Middlesex University) | — | English | 一級優等学位 | — | United Kingdom |
| University of East Anglia | Critical and Creative Writing | Creative Writing | MA | — | United Kingdom |
| Lancaster University | — | Critical and Creative Writing | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
Dauntsey's School
Country:
United Kingdom
Middlesex Polytechnic (now Middlesex University)
English
Degree:
一級優等学位
Country:
United Kingdom
First-class degree in English
University of East Anglia
Critical and Creative Writing
/ Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1991
Country:
United Kingdom
MA in Creative Writing
Lancaster University
Critical and Creative Writing
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1995
Country:
United Kingdom
PhD in critical and creative writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Ingenious Pain | Fiction | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
| 1999 | International Dublin Literary Award | Ingenious Pain | — | Dublin City Council | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Grinzane Cavour Prize | Ingenious Pain | Best Foreign Fiction | — | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Costa Book Awards | Pure | Best Novel / Book of the Year | — | 受賞 |
| 2025 | Walter Scott Prize | The Land in Winter | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2025 | Winston Graham Historical Prize | The Land in Winter | — | — | 受賞 |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1997
Work:
Ingenious Pain
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
International Dublin Literary Award
1999
Work:
Ingenious Pain
Organization:
Dublin City Council
Result:
受賞
Grinzane Cavour Prize
1997
Work:
Ingenious Pain
Category:
Best Foreign Fiction
Result:
受賞
Costa Book Awards
2011
Work:
Pure
Category:
Best Novel / Book of the Year
Result:
受賞
Walter Scott Prize
2025
Work:
The Land in Winter
Result:
受賞
Winston Graham Historical Prize
2025
Work:
The Land in Winter
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
International Dublin Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 4 (1999) Winner
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 41 (2011) Winner
Dinaane Debut Fiction Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 9 (2014) Winner
Works
Major Works
Ingenious Pain
1997 Historical FictionStory of a man who feels no pain.
PainHumanity18th Century
Translations
- Translated into 36 languages
Oxygen
2001 Contemporary FictionFamily confronting death.
DeathFamilyScience
Pure
2011 Historical FictionAn engineer tasked with clearing a cemetery in 1780s Paris.
RevolutionDeathPurification
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free
2018 Historical FictionFugitives during Napoleonic Wars.
WarFreedomPursuit
The Land in Winter
2024 Historical FictionStory set in a winter landscape.
HistoryNature
Bibliography
- Ingenious Pain (1997)
- Casanova (1998)
- Oxygen (2001)
- The Optimists (2005)
- One Morning Like a Bird (2008)
- Pure (2011)
- The Crossing (2015)
- Now We Shall Be Entirely Free (2018)
- The Slowworm's Song (2022)
- The Land in Winter (2024)
Translations of Works
- Ingenious Pain translated into 36 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Elegant proseRich historical detailPhilosophical depth
- Recurring Motifs
- Death and sufferingHuman limitsTimes of change
Legacy
Leading contemporary British historical novelist with multiple prestigious awards including James Tait Black and Costa.
Trivia
- Daughter named Frieda.
- Lived in Spain, Japan, Ireland, and France.