Popescu Prize
2 appearances
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Edition 8 (1997) Winner
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Edition 9 (2003) Winner
David Constantine
デイヴィッド・コンスタンティン
Deividdo Konsutantin
Aliases:
David John Constantine
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944 （Salford）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English, German
- Residence History
- Salford → Durham → Oxford
Career
- Occupations
- poet, short story writer, novelist, translator
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
- Affiliations
- Durham University, Oxford University, The Queen's College, Oxford, Modern Poetry in Translation, Oxford Poets, Carcanet Press
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Friedrich Hölderlin, Bertolt Brecht, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich von Kleist, Henri Michaux, Philippe Jaccottet
- Nominations
- Whitbread Poetry Prize 2002 shortlist (Watching for Dolphins), Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2010 shortlist (The Shieling), Popescu Prize 2015 shortlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadham College, Oxford | — | Modern Languages | — | — | United Kingdom |
Wadham College, Oxford
Modern Languages
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Popescu Prize | Lighter than Air | 翻訳 | Poetry Society | 受賞 |
| 2010 | BBC National Short Story Award | Tea at the Midland | — | BBC | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award | Tea at the Midland and Other Stories | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Popescu Prize
2003
Work:
Lighter than Air
Category:
翻訳
Organization:
Poetry Society
Result:
受賞
BBC National Short Story Award
2010
Work:
Tea at the Midland
Organization:
BBC
Result:
受賞
Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
2013
Work:
Tea at the Midland and Other Stories
Result:
受賞
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
2020
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Tea at the Midland and Other Stories
2012 Short story collectionCollection of short stories including the title story which won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2010. Won Frank O'Connor Award in 2013.
lossmemoryrelationships
In Another Country
2015 Short storyA short story about a couple's relationship, adapted into the film 45 Years in 2015.
marriagepastsecrets
Adaptations
- [Film] 45 Years / Andrew Haigh (2015)
Nine Fathom Deep
2009 Poetry collectionPoetry collection by Constantine.
naturedeath
The Life-Writer
2015 NovelNovel by Constantine.
Bibliography
- A Brightness to Cast Shadows
- Watching for Dolphins
- Selected Poems
- Caspar Hauser
- The Pelt of Wasps
- Something for the Ghosts
- Nine Fathoms Deep
- Elder
- Belongings
- Back at the Spike
- Under the Dam
- The Shieling
- Tea at the Midland and Other Stories
- In Another Country: Selected Stories
- The Dressing-Up Box and Other Stories
- Rivers of the Unspoilt World
- Davies
- The Life-Writer
- Early Greek Travellers and the Hellenic Ideal
- Poetry: The Literary Agenda
Adaptations
- Film 45 Years (2015, dir. Andrew Haigh) based on short story 'In Another Country'
Translations by Author
- Translations of Hölderlin, Brecht, Goethe, etc.
- The Antigone of Sophocles (Brecht)
- Lighter than Air (Enzensberger)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise and image-rich poetic languageDense narrative structures
- Recurring Motifs
- ghostsriversdrowningloss
Legacy
David Constantine is a major contemporary British poet, short story writer, and translator, recipient of numerous awards including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
In Popular Culture
- Short story 'In Another Country' adapted into film 45 Years, earning Charlotte Rampling an Oscar nomination.
Trivia
- First English writer to win the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.
- Awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2020.