Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2009) Winner
Bart Moore-Gilbert
バート・ムーア＝ギルバート
Bāto Mūa-Girubāto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-12-08 （Tanzania）
- Died
- 2015-12-02 （Trinity Hospice (London)） age 62
- Nationality
- Tanzania, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Tanzania (birth) → United Kingdom (residence and academic work)
Career
- Occupations
- academic, orientalist, writer, political campaigner
- Active Years
- 1975-2015
- Affiliations
- Goldsmiths College, University of London
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham University (Grey College) | — | English Language and Literature | 学士（第一級） / Bachelor (First-class) | 1972-1975 | United Kingdom |
Durham University (Grey College)
English Language and Literature
Degree:
学士（第一級） / Bachelor (First-class)
Period:
1972-1975
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
United Kingdom
Graduated in 1975 with a first-class degree in English
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | PEN Ackerley Prize | The Setting Sun: A Memoir of Empire and Family Secrets | — | PEN | shortlisted |
PEN Ackerley Prize
2015
Work:
The Setting Sun: A Memoir of Empire and Family Secrets
Organization:
PEN
Result:
shortlisted
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Setting Sun: A Memoir of Empire and Family Secrets
2014 memoir / non-fictionA memoir in which the author travels in India to investigate his father's alleged involvement in acts of British colonial brutality; blends travel writing, historical research and personal memoir.
imperialismfamily secretsmemory and identity
Postcolonial Life-Writing: Culture, Politics, and Self-Representation
2009 academic / criticismA critical assessment of postcolonial life-writing in English, analysing culture, politics and self-representation.
postcolonial theoryself-representationnarrative and power
Postcolonial Theory: Contexts, Practices, Politics
1997 academic / edited volumeAn edited volume introducing and mapping different aspects of postcolonial theory, focusing on contexts, practices and politics.
critique of colonialismcultural practicestheoretical history
Kipling and Orientalism
1986 academic / criticismA critical study of Rudyard Kipling's work from the perspective of Orientalism.
orientalismliterary criticismimperial literature
Cultural Revolution? The Challenge of the Arts in the 1960s
1992 cultural history / criticismA critical examination of arts and cultural changes in the 1960s.
cultural changearts and politics
Bibliography
- Kipling and Orientalism (1986)
- Cultural Revolution? The Challenge of the Arts in the 1960s (1992)
- Cultural Closure? The Challenge of the Arts in the 1970s (1994)
- Postcolonial Theory: Contexts, Practices, Politics (1997)
- Writing India, 1757–1990: Literature of British India (ed) (1996)
- Post Colonial Criticism (Longman Critical Reader) (ed) (1997)
- Postcolonial Life-Writing: Culture, Politics, and Self-Representation (2009)
- The Setting Sun: A Memoir of Empire and Family Secrets (2014)
- Hanif Kureishi (2001)
Translations of Works
- Works have been translated into 15 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly and theoretical stylecritical discoursepersonal and reflective voice in memoir
- Recurring Motifs
- legacy of empire and colonialismfamily history and secretsself-representation and memory
Health
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kidney cancer2014-2015Illness and treatment limited late-career activity, but he maintained a blog documenting his cancer and treatment.
Legacy
An important critic in postcolonial literary studies, contributing to life-writing and Orientalism scholarship. His memoir The Setting Sun linked academic work with personal history and received critical attention.
Trivia
- Tanzania-born British academic.
- Suffered from kidney cancer in later years and kept a blog of his treatment ('oftherightkidney').
- His memoir The Setting Sun was shortlisted for the 2015 PEN Ackerley Prize.