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第0回（1985年） Winner
Blake Morrison
ブレイク・モリソン
Bureiku Morison
別名:
Philip Blake Morrison
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1950-10-08 （Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire）
- 国籍
- English
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Thornton-in-Craven → Blackheath, London
経歴
- 職業
- poet, author, writer, literary editor, academic, Professor of Creative and Life Writing
- 活動期間
- 1980年〜2024年
- 所属
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- 所属団体
- Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), The Guildford Institute
- 影響を受けた人物
- Seamus Heaney
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ermysted's Grammar School | — | English | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Nottingham | Faculty of Arts | English Literature | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University College London | Faculty of Arts | English Literature | — | — | United Kingdom |
Ermysted's Grammar School
English
国:
United Kingdom
University of Nottingham
Faculty of Arts
/ English Literature
国:
United Kingdom
University College London
Faculty of Arts
/ English Literature
国:
United Kingdom
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Eric Gregory Award | — | — | Society of Authors | winner |
| 1985 | Dylan Thomas Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 1985 | Somerset Maugham Award | Dark Glasses | — | — | winner |
| 1988 | E. M. Forster Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 1994 | J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography | And When Did You Last See Your Father? | — | English PEN | winner |
| 1993 | Esquire/Volvo/Waterstone's Non-Fiction Book Award | And When Did You Last See Your Father? | — | — | winner |
Eric Gregory Award
1980
主催:
Society of Authors
結果:
winner
Dylan Thomas Award
1985
結果:
winner
Somerset Maugham Award
1985
対象作品:
Dark Glasses
結果:
winner
E. M. Forster Award
1988
結果:
winner
J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography
1994
対象作品:
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
主催:
English PEN
結果:
winner
Esquire/Volvo/Waterstone's Non-Fiction Book Award
1993
対象作品:
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
1993年 MemoirA memoir about his relationship with his father, which became a bestseller and won several awards.
familyfatherdeathmemory
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] And When Did You Last See Your Father? / Anand Tucker (2007)
Things My Mother Never Told Me
2002年 MemoirA memoir exploring his Irish mother's untold life story.
motheridentitysecrets
As If
1997年 Non-fictionA study of the murder of James Bulger.
crimesocietychildren
Two Sisters
2023年 MemoirA memoir about his two sisters' deaths.
sisterslosschildhood
The Last Weekend
2010年 NovelA tense psychological thriller novel.
friendshipbetrayalmarriage
映像化・舞台化
- [TV series] The Last Weekend (2012)
全著作
- The Movement: English Poetry and Fiction of the 1950s
- Seamus Heaney
- The Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry
- Dark Glasses
- The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper
- The Yellow House
- And When Did You Last See Your Father?
- Penguin Modern Poets 1
- Mind Readings: Writers' Journeys Through Mental States
- Pendle Witches
- The Cracked Pot
- As If
- Too True
- Selected Poems
- The Justification of Johann Gutenberg
- Things My Mother Never Told Me
- Antigone and Oedipus
- South of the River
- The Last Weekend
- Shingle Street
- The Executor
- Two Sisters
作風・主題
- 文体
- clear-eyed and heartfelt proseaccessible poetry
- 頻出モチーフ
- family secretsloss and memoryBritish society
評価・遺産
Blake Morrison is renowned for his memoirs, particularly those about his parents, which have won numerous literary prizes and been adapted into films. He is a professor at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
関連学会
- Royal Society of Literature
資料所蔵先
- Leeds University Library
豆知識
- Both parents were physicians; his mother was Irish.
- Mother's maiden name was O'Shea, changed to 'Kim'.