PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (2008) Winner
Clair Wills
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Clair Wills
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
Career
- Occupations
- Cultural historian, Literary scholar, Professor
- Active Years
- 1993-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Essex, Queen Mary University of London, Princeton University, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
- Nominations
- Orwell Prize 2018 shortlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Somerville College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Hessell-Tiltman Prize | That Neutral Island: A cultural history of Ireland during the Second World War | — | English PEN | winner |
| 2020 | Fellow of the British Academy | — | — | The British Academy | elected |
| 2016 | Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy | — | — | Royal Irish Academy | elected |
Hessell-Tiltman Prize
2008
Work:
That Neutral Island: A cultural history of Ireland during the Second World War
Organization:
English PEN
Result:
winner
Fellow of the British Academy
2020
Organization:
The British Academy
Result:
elected
Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy
2016
Organization:
Royal Irish Academy
Result:
elected
Awards & Nominations
Irish Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (2024) Winner
Works
Major Works
That Neutral Island: A cultural history of Ireland during the Second World War
2007 Cultural historyA cultural history of Ireland during the Second World War.
World War IIIrish neutralityCultural history
Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain
2017 HistoryAn immigrant history of post-war Britain.
ImmigrationPost-war Britain
Improprieties: politics and sexuality in Northern Irish poetry
1993 Literary criticismPolitics and sexuality in Northern Irish poetry.
Northern Irish poetryPoliticsSexuality
Bibliography
- Improprieties: politics and sexuality in Northern Irish poetry (1993)
- Reading Paul Muldoon (1998)
- That Neutral Island (2007)
- Dublin 1916: the siege of the GPO (2009)
- The Best Are Leaving: emigration and post-war Irish culture (2015)
- Lovers and Strangers: an immigrant history of post-war Britain (2017)
- Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother's Secrets (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Academic proseDetailed historical analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- Irish historyImmigration20th-century culture
Legacy
British academic specialising in 20th-century British and Irish cultural history and literature. King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge.
Trivia
- Year of birth missing
- Living academic