Booker Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (2003) Winner
DBC Pierre
ディービーシー・ピエール
DBC Pierre
Aliases:
Peter Warren Finlay
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1961 （Old Reynella, South Australia）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Residence History
- South Australia → Mexico City, Jardines del Pedregal → Republic of Ireland → Cambridgeshire
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2003-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edron Academy | — | — | — | — | Mexico |
Edron Academy
Country:
Mexico
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Man Booker Prize | Vernon God Little | — | Booker Prize Foundation | Winner |
| 2003 | Whitbread First Novel Award | Vernon God Little | — | Whitbread | Winner |
| 2003 | Bollinger Wodehouse Everyman Prize | Vernon God Little | comic literature | Hay Festival | Winner |
| 2003 | James Joyce Award | — | — | Literary and Historical Society, University College Dublin | Winner |
Man Booker Prize
2003
Work:
Vernon God Little
Organization:
Booker Prize Foundation
Result:
Winner
Whitbread First Novel Award
2003
Work:
Vernon God Little
Organization:
Whitbread
Result:
Winner
Bollinger Wodehouse Everyman Prize
2003
Work:
Vernon God Little
Category:
comic literature
Organization:
Hay Festival
Result:
Winner
James Joyce Award
2003
Organization:
Literary and Historical Society, University College Dublin
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (2003) Winner
Works
Major Works
Vernon God Little
2003 Satire, dark comedy, allegoryA satirical novel about a school shooting in America, told from the perspective of 15-year-old Vernon Little.
Social satireAmerican societyViolence
Adaptations
- [Stage] Vernon God Little / Rufus Norris (2007)
Translations
- Translated in more than 40 countries
Bibliography
- Vernon God Little (2003), Ludmila's Broken English (2006), Lights Out in Wonderland (2010), Breakfast with the Borgias (2014), Meanwhile in Dopamine City (2020), Release the Bats (2016 non-fiction)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SatiricalDark comedyAllegorical
- Recurring Motifs
- Societal collapseAddiction and recoveryCross-cultural clashes
Health
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Hepatitis7歳時Spent a year bedridden, leading to falling behind peers
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Drug addiction20代Life collapse, treated in Australia and recovered
Legacy
Famous for winning the Man Booker Prize with debut novel. Recognized as innovator in satirical fiction.
Quotes
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DBC stands for Dirty But Clean.
Source: Interviews (2003)
Trivia
- Pen name DBC stands for 'Dirty But Clean' referring to his past hardships.
- Raised in Mexico City.
- Father was a geneticist who collaborated with Norman Borlaug.