Commonwealth Short Story Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2022) Winner
Cecil Browne
セシル・ブラウン
Cecil Browne
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-01-01 （near Georgetown, St Vincent and the Grenadines）
- Nationality
- British, Vincentian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- St Vincent and the Grenadines (birthplace) → Moved to the United Kingdom (since 1970) → High Wycombe (resident)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Mathematics lecturer
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- Uxbridge College
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Commonwealth Short Story Prize (region: Canada, UK & Europe) | A Hat for Lemer | — | Commonwealth Writers | 受賞 |
Commonwealth Short Story Prize (region: Canada, UK & Europe)
2022
Work:
A Hat for Lemer
Organization:
Commonwealth Writers
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Moon Is Following Me
2010 Short story collectionA collection of short stories centred on family life in a Caribbean village in the 1970s.
familyvillage communitymigration and nostalgia
Feather Your Tingaling
2012 Short story collectionA collection of short stories inspired by characters from Caribbean folklore.
folkloreoral traditioncultural identity
Cassie P Caribbean PI
2019 Novel (crime/fiction)A novel introducing Cassie Providence, promoted as the Caribbean's first female private investigator.
female independencecrime and justiceCaribbean society
Coming Off the Long Run
2018 Short storyA short story published in the 2018 anthology So Many Islands, featuring writing from across multiple oceanic regions.
islands and seassense of belonging
A Hat for Lemer
2022 Short storyA story set in mid-19th century post-Emancipation St Vincent that provides a visceral understanding of a culture at a crucial point of social and historical transition.
post-Emancipation societycultural heritagetransition and memory
Bibliography
- The Moon Is Following Me
- Feather Your Tingaling
- Cassie P Caribbean PI
- Coming Off the Long Run
- A Hat for Lemer
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- regionalist descriptionuse of folklore elementslyrical, detail-oriented narration
- Recurring Motifs
- family and communitymigration and nostalgiaCaribbean folklore and history
Legacy
By winning a regional Commonwealth Short Story Prize, he gained recognition as an important voice in Caribbean literature; he was the first Vincentian to win the prize.
Quotes
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“A striking and original story set in mid-19th century post-Emancipation St Vincent .. which provides a visceral understanding of a culture at a crucial point of social and historical transition.”
Source: Judge: Stephanos Stephanides (comment for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize) (2022)
Trivia
- Born in 1957 near Georgetown, St Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Moved to the UK in 1970 to join his parents.
- Longtime college mathematics lecturer and former Head of Maths at Uxbridge College.
- Won the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Canada, UK & Europe regional winner), the first Vincentian to do so.