Hawthornden Prize
1回登壇
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第44回（1980年） Winner
Christopher John Reid
クリストファー・ジョン・リード
Christopher John Reid
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1949-05-13 （Hong Kong (British Hong Kong)）
- 国籍
- United Kingdom
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Hong Kong (birth) → United Kingdom (primary residence) → Hull (period working at University of Hull)
経歴
- 職業
- poet, essayist, cartoonist, editor, university professor
- 活動期間
- 1979年〜
- 所属
- Faber and Faber (editorial work), University of Hull (Professor of Creative Writing)
- 所属団体
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- 影響を受けた人物
- Craig Raine, T. S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney
- ノミネート
- Whitbread Awards nomination (1996), Whitbread Awards nomination (1997)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonbridge School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Exeter College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Tonbridge School
国:
United Kingdom
Secondary education (exact years unknown)
Exeter College, Oxford
国:
United Kingdom
Details of course and graduation year unknown (attended University of Oxford)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Somerset Maugham Award | Arcadia | — | — | Winner |
| 1980 | Hawthornden Prize | Arcadia | — | — | Winner |
| 2009 | Costa Book Award (Book of the Year) | A Scattering | Poetry / Book of the Year | Costa Book Awards | Winner |
Somerset Maugham Award
1980
対象作品:
Arcadia
結果:
Winner
Hawthornden Prize
1980
対象作品:
Arcadia
結果:
Winner
Costa Book Award (Book of the Year)
2009
対象作品:
A Scattering
部門:
Poetry / Book of the Year
主催:
Costa Book Awards
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
-
第0回（1980年 第3回開催） Winner
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第10回（2008年） Winner
Costa Book Awards
1回登壇
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第39回（2009年） Excellence Award
作品
代表作
Arcadia
1979年 poetryEarly collection of poems employing distinctive metaphors and sound; one of his works that drew critical attention.
imagistic transformationdefamiliarization of the everydaywordplay
Pea Soup
1982年 poetryA collection rich in experimental metaphors and sonic qualities, exploring intersections of the ordinary and the uncanny.
everyday lifeabsurdityphonetics
A Scattering
2009年 elegy / poetryA collection written as a tribute to his late wife Lucinda Gane; it contemplates loss, memory and forms of love with restraint.
lossmemorymourning
The Song of Lunch
2009年 poem / narrativeA long poem depicting urban scenes and the delicate relationship between a man and a woman. It was adapted for television.
urban lifeinterpersonal relationshipspassage of time
映像化・舞台化
- [television film] The Song of Lunch (TV) (2010)
The Late Sun
2020年 poetryA recent collection marking a mature phase of his poetry; contains poems on time, aging and memory.
timeagingrecollection
全著作
- Arcadia (1979)
- Pea Soup (1982)
- Katerina Brac (1985)
- In The Echoey Tunnel (1991)
- Universes (1994)
- Expanded Universes (1996)
- Two Dogs on a Pub Roof (1996)
- Mermaids Explained (2001)
- For and After (2003)
- Mr Mouth (2005)
- A Scattering (2009)
- The Song of Lunch (2009)
- A Box of Tricks for Anna Zyx (2009)
- Selected Poems (2011)
- Nonsense (2012)
- Six Bad Poets (2013)
- Anniversary (2015)
- The Curiosities (2015)
- The Late Sun (2020)
翻案
- Television adaptation of 'The Song of Lunch'
作風・主題
- 文体
- Use of Martian poetry techniques (defamiliarizing everyday objects with unusual metaphors)Strong attention to sound and the sonic quality of languageWitty, intellectually playful tone
- 頻出モチーフ
- defamiliarized everyday objectsmemory and lossurban landscapes
評価・遺産
Christopher Reid is a highly regarded British poet known for distinctive metaphors and attention to sound. His A Scattering won the 2009 Costa Book of the Year, raising his public profile. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has contributed as an editor and educator.
関連学会
- Royal Society of Literature
豆知識
- Born in Hong Kong in 1949.
- Worked as a poetry editor at Faber and Faber.
- Won the 2009 Costa Book of the Year for A Scattering — the first poet to win the overall prize since Seamus Heaney in 1999.
- Educated at Tonbridge School and Exeter College, Oxford.