Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (2006) Winner
Brian John William Thompson
ブライアン・ジョン・ウィリアム・トンプソン
Brian John William Thompson
Aliases:
Brian Thompson
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1935 （Lambeth, South London）
- Died
- 2021 age 86
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Shrewsbury → Ripon, North Yorkshire → Leeds → Yorkshire → Charente, France
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, teacher, warden
- Active Years
- 1979-2021
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertford Grammar School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Trinity College, Cambridge | Faculty of Arts | English | — | — | United Kingdom |
Hertford Grammar School
Country:
United Kingdom
Trinity College, Cambridge
Faculty of Arts
/ English
Country:
United Kingdom
studied English
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Costa Book Award | Keeping Mum | Biography | Costa Books | Winner |
Costa Book Award
2006
Work:
Keeping Mum
Category:
Biography
Organization:
Costa Books
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Buddy Boy
novelNovel set in wartime Cambridge
Tishoo
1979 playPlay staged in London's West End
A Monkey Among Crocodiles
2001 biographyBiography about Victorian figure Georgina Weldon
Keeping Mum
2006 memoirMemoir detailing his parents' troubled marriage and his childhood. Won the Costa Book Award for Biography
familychildhoodmarriage
Clever Girl
2007 memoirSequel to Keeping Mum
Legacy
British writer best known for winning the Costa Book Award for Biography with his memoir Keeping Mum. Notable for works on war, family, and biography