James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
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Edition 86 (2004) Winner
David Peace
デイヴィッド・ピース
Deividdo Pīsu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1967-01-01 （Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England）
- Nationality
- English
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ossett, West Yorkshire → Istanbul → Tokyo (1994-2009, 2011-) → UK (2009-2011)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 1999-2024
- Affiliations
- Department of Contemporary Literary Studies, University of Tokyo
- Nominations
- Goldsmiths Prize 2013 shortlist (Red or Dead)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batley Grammar School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Wakefield College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Manchester Polytechnic | — | — | — | 離脱 | United Kingdom |
Batley Grammar School
Country:
United Kingdom
Wakefield College
Country:
United Kingdom
Manchester Polytechnic
Period:
離脱
Year of Graduation:
1991
Country:
United Kingdom
Left in 1991 to go to Istanbul
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Granta Best of Young British Novelists | — | — | Granta | 受賞 |
| 2005 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | GB84 | フィクション | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
Granta Best of Young British Novelists
2003
Organization:
Granta
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
2005
Work:
GB84
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nineteen Seventy-Four
1999 Crime novelFirst of the Red Riding Quartet, dealing with police corruption against the backdrop of Yorkshire Ripper murders.
Police corruptionMental breakdown
Adaptations
- [TV series] Red Riding (2009)
GB84
2004 Historical novelFictional portrayal of the UK miners' strike (1984–1985).
Miners' strikeGovernment intrigue
The Damned Utd
2006 Sports novelBased on Brian Clough's 44-day tenure as Leeds United manager.
FootballFear of failure
Adaptations
- [Film] The Damned United / Tom Hooper (2009)
Tokyo Year Zero
2007 Crime novelTokyo detective investigates serial killings post-WWII.
Post-war JapanOccupation
Red or Dead
2013 Sports novelAbout Bill Shankly and the rise of Liverpool FC.
FootballSuccess
Bibliography
- Nineteen Seventy-Four (1999)
- Nineteen Seventy-Seven (2000)
- Nineteen Eighty (2001)
- Nineteen Eighty-Three (2002)
- GB84 (2004)
- The Damned Utd (2006)
- Tokyo Year Zero (2007)
- Occupied City (2009)
- Red or Dead (2013)
- Patient X (2018)
- Tokyo Redux (2021)
- Munichs (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Repetitive proseDark and intense narrativeOccult histories
- Recurring Motifs
- Mental breakdownExtreme circumstancesMoments of defeat
Legacy
Named one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists; known for dark novels set in Yorkshire and Tokyo dealing with extreme circumstances.
In Popular Culture
- Red Riding adapted as TV series on Channel 4
- The Damned United filmed
Quotes
-
I was drawn to writing about individuals and societies in moments that are often extreme, and often at times of defeat... In such moments... we learn who we truly are.
Source: Interview with David Mitchell (2018)
Trivia
- Huddersfield Town supporter
- Lectures at University of Tokyo