Betty Trask Prize and Awards
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Edition 14 (1997) Winner
Diran Adebayo
ディラン・アデバヨ
Diran Adebayo
Aliases:
Oludiran Adebayo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1968-08-30 （Islington, London, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, cultural critic, academic
- Active Years
- 1995-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Kingston, London, Royal Literary Fund
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Fellow of the Santa Maddalena Foundation
- Nominations
- Booker Prize longlist (1996)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern College | — | — | — | 12歳時奨学金 | United Kingdom |
| University of Oxford | — | Law | 法学卒業 | — | United Kingdom |
Malvern College
Period:
12歳時奨学金
Country:
United Kingdom
Major Scholarship at age 12
University of Oxford
Law
Degree:
法学卒業
Country:
United Kingdom
Wadham College
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Saga Prize | Some Kind of Black | 新人賞 | Saga | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Authors' Club Best First Novel Award | Some Kind of Black | — | Authors' Club | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Betty Trask Award | Some Kind of Black | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain New Writer of the Year Award | Some Kind of Black | — | Writers' Guild of Great Britain | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Abraham Woursell Stipend | — | — | Vienna University | 受賞 |
Saga Prize
1996
Work:
Some Kind of Black
Category:
新人賞
Organization:
Saga
Result:
受賞
Authors' Club Best First Novel Award
1997
Work:
Some Kind of Black
Organization:
Authors' Club
Result:
受賞
Betty Trask Award
1997
Work:
Some Kind of Black
Result:
受賞
Writers' Guild of Great Britain New Writer of the Year Award
1997
Work:
Some Kind of Black
Organization:
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Result:
受賞
Abraham Woursell Stipend
2000
Organization:
Vienna University
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Some Kind of Black
1996 novelDebut novel centering on the youthful adventures of protagonist Dele, articulating a British-born African perspective.
identityBlack British experience
Adaptations
- [radio] Some Kind of Black (2022)
My Once Upon A Time
2001 fableFable set in a near-future London-like city fusing noir with Yoruba folklore.
dystopiafolklore
Bibliography
- Some Kind of Black (1996)
- My Once Upon A Time (2001)
- New Writing 12 (co-editor, 2004)
Legacy
British novelist best known for his novel Some Kind of Black, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Trivia
- Born in London to Nigerian parents.
- Younger brother of writer and broadcaster Dotun Adebayo.
- Won a major scholarship to Malvern College at age 12.