Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 48 (1988) Winner
Colin Thubron
コリン・スブロン
Korin Suburon
Aliases:
Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1939-06-14 （London）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London
Career
- Occupations
- travel writer, novelist, publisher, documentary filmmaker
- Active Years
- 1967-2024
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society
- Influenced By
- Patrick Leigh Fermor, Jan Morris, Freya Stark, William Golding
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Eton College
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Hawthornden Prize | Behind the Wall: A Journey through China | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Thomas Cook Travel Book Award | Behind the Wall: A Journey through China | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1985 | PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award | A Cruel Madness | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Prix Bouvier | In Siberia | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Edward Stanford Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | British Monarchy | 受賞 |
Hawthornden Prize
1988
Work:
Behind the Wall: A Journey through China
Result:
受賞
Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
1988
Work:
Behind the Wall: A Journey through China
Result:
受賞
PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award
1985
Work:
A Cruel Madness
Result:
受賞
Prix Bouvier
2010
Work:
In Siberia
Result:
受賞
Edward Stanford Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing Award
2019
Result:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2007
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Mirror to Damascus
1967 Travel literatureA travel book on Damascus.
Middle EastHistory
Translations
- Translated into more than twenty languages
Behind the Wall: A Journey through China
1987 Travel literatureA journey through China.
ChinaCulture
Translations
- Multiple languages
In Siberia
1999 Travel literatureExploration of Siberia.
RussiaSiberia
Emperor
1978 NovelStudy of Emperor Constantine's conversion.
HistoryReligion
Adaptations
- [Radio drama] Emperor (1984)
Night of Fire
2016 NovelMulti-layered study of time and memory.
MemoryTime
Bibliography
- Mirror to Damascus
- The Hills of Adonis
- Jerusalem
- Journey into Cyprus
- Among the Russians
- Behind the Wall
- In Siberia
- Shadow of the Silk Road
- The Amur River
- The God in the Mountain
- Emperor
- A Cruel Madness
- Falling
- Night of Fire
Translations of Works
- Translated into more than twenty languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- LyricalDetailed observationIntrospective
- Recurring Motifs
- TravelForeign culturesMemoryIsolation
Legacy
Ranked among the 50 greatest postwar British writers by The Times. Renowned master of travel literature.
Trivia
- Collateral descendant of poet John Dryden.
- Collateral descendant of Samuel Morse.
- President of the Royal Society of Literature (2009-2017).