Betty Trask Prize and Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (2007) Winner
Cynan Jones
キナン・ジョーンズ
Kinan Jōnzu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1975 （Near Aberaeron, Wales）
- Nationality
- Welsh
- Languages
- English, Welsh
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Ceredigion, Wales
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 2006-2025
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- John Steinbeck, Cormac McCarthy, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett
- Nominations
- Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award shortlist (2013, chapter from The Dig)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Betty Trask Award | The Long Dry | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize | The Dig | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Wales Book of the Year Fiction Prize | The Dig | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2017 | BBC National Short Story Award | The Edge of the Shoal | — | BBC | 受賞 |
Betty Trask Award
2007
Work:
The Long Dry
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize
2014
Work:
The Dig
Result:
受賞
Wales Book of the Year Fiction Prize
2015
Work:
The Dig
Result:
受賞
BBC National Short Story Award
2017
Work:
The Edge of the Shoal
Organization:
BBC
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Long Dry
2006 NovelStory of a farmer struggling with drought.
Harshness of natureHuman struggle
Everything I Found on the Beach
2011 NovelStory through objects found on the beach.
LossViolence
The Dig
2014 NovelEncounter between an onion farmer and badger hunter.
ViolenceNature
Cove
2016 NovelA lone man's story by the sea.
LossNature
Stillicide
2019 Linked short storiesLinked stories on climate crisis in near future.
Climate crisisFuture
Bibliography
- The Long Dry (2006)
- Out onto the Water (unpublished in English, Italian: Le Cose Che Non Vogliamo Più, 2010)
- Everything I Found on the Beach (2011)
- Bird, Blood, Snow (2012)
- The Dig (2014)
- Cove (2016)
- Three Tales (2018)
- Stillicide (2019)
- Pulse (2025)
Translations of Works
- Italian: Le Cose Che Non Vogliamo Più (2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Short novelsMinimal punctuation in dialoguePoetic languageNatural and physical allegories
- Recurring Motifs
- Violence and tendernessHuman conditionInstinctual understanding
Legacy
Acclaimed Welsh writer known for spare, intense prose and award-winning novels. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
In Popular Culture
- Contributed episodes to the TV series Hinterland.
Quotes
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A short novel is a moment, not a journey. There’s no time to drift off and stare out of the window as there is in longer forms. Everything counts.
Source: Los Angeles Review interview
Trivia
- Named Hay Festival Scritture Giovani in 2008.