Somerset Maugham Award
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Andrew Annandale Sinclair
アンドリュー・アナンデール・シンクレア
Andoryū Ananderu Shinkureā
Aliases:
Andrew Sinclair
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1935-01-21 （Oxford）
- Died
- 2019-05-30 age 84
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Oxford, England → Cambridge, England → London, England
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Historian, Biographer, Critic, Filmmaker, Film Producer, Publisher
- Active Years
- 1958-2019
- Affiliations
- Coldstream Guards, Timon Films, Lorrimer Publishing, Churchill College, Cambridge, University College London
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Trinity College, Cambridge | — | History | BA, PhD | — | United Kingdom |
| Harvard University | — | — | Harkness Fellow | 1959-1961 | United States |
Eton College
Country:
United Kingdom
Public school
Trinity College, Cambridge
History
Degree:
BA, PhD
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied history
Harvard University
Degree:
Harkness Fellow
Period:
1959-1961
Country:
United States
Harkness Fellow
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Somerset Maugham Prize | The Better Half: The Emancipation of the American Woman | — | Society of Authors | Winner |
Somerset Maugham Prize
1967
Work:
The Better Half: The Emancipation of the American Woman
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Breaking of Bumbo
1959 NovelA novel based on his National Service experience with the Coldstream Guards.
Military lifeSocial satire
Adaptations
- [Film] The Breaking of Bumbo / Andrew Sinclair (1970)
Gog
1967 NovelSatirical novel.
Social criticism
The Better Half: The Emancipation of the American Woman
1965 Non-fictionHistory of the emancipation of the American woman.
Women's historyAmerican history
Bibliography
- Prohibition: The Era of Excess (1962)
- The Better Half: The Emancipation of the American Woman (1965)
- A Concise History of the United States (1967)
- Viva Che! (1968)
- The Breaking of Bumbo (1959)
- My Friend Judas (1959)
Adaptations
- Under Milk Wood (1972, director)
- Blue Blood (1973, director)
Translations by Author
- Selections from the Greek Anthology (1967)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Extraordinary fluency and copiousnessProlific in fiction and American social history
- Recurring Motifs
- American historyBiographySocial satire
Legacy
British novelist, historian, biographer, critic, and filmmaker described as a writer of extraordinary fluency and copiousness in fiction and American social history.
Quotes
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From the beginning Andrew Sinclair established himself as a writer of extraordinary fluency and copiousness, whether in fiction or in American social history.
Source: Bernard Bergonzi (1982)
Trivia
- At age 22, became suddenly famous like Byron.
- Instrumental in saving historic buildings in Narrow Street, Limehouse.