Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 0 (1976) Winner
Dominic Cooper
ドミニク・クーパー
Dominic Cooper
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944 （near Winchester）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- near Winchester → London → Iceland (Reykjavík) → Sweden → Isle of Mull (Argyll, Scotland) → West Highlands → North Argyll coast
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, watchmaker, record company employee, publisher employee, English teacher
- Active Years
- 1970-2024
- Affiliations
- Decca Record Company, Fabbri & Partners, Language school in Reykjavík
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Somerset Maugham Award | The Dead of Winter | — | Society of Authors | winner |
Somerset Maugham Award
1976
Work:
The Dead of Winter
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Dead of Winter
1975 novelA novel inspired by the landscape and people of the Isle of Mull in Scotland.
natureisolation
Translations
- Italian edition (Einaudi, 1989)
- Spanish edition (Mario Muchnik, 2003)
- French edition (Métailié, 2006)
Bibliography
- The Dead of Winter (1975)
- Sunrise (1977)
- Men at Axlir (1978)
- Jack Fletcher (1978)
- The Horn Fellow (1987)
- Judgements of Value (editor, 1988)
- The Open Places (essay, 1989)
Translations of Works
- Men at Axlir Icelandic edition (Örn og Örlygur, 1980)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poetic qualityrich in natural description
- Recurring Motifs
- landscapeisolation
Legacy
British novelist who won the Somerset Maugham Award. Also a poet and watchmaker.
Quotes
-
By nature I feel myself to be first and foremost a poet ... but poetry for me has always been an essentially private affair and I have never felt any great need for it to be published.
Source: Interview with Yves Loisel of Le Télégramme (2007)
Trivia
- Son of musicologist Martin Cooper and artist Mary Cooper.