Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 40 (2010) Winner
Edmund de Waal
えどまんど・ど・わーる
Edomando do Wāru
Aliases:
Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1964-09-10 （Nottingham）
- Nationality
- British, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- London
Career
- Occupations
- Potter, Author, Contemporary artist
- Active Years
- 1983-2024
- Affiliations
- Victoria and Albert Museum Trustee, Professor of Ceramics, University of Westminster
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Bernard Leach, Geoffrey Whiting
- Influenced
- Ai Weiwei
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The King's School, Canterbury | — | Pottery | — | 幼少期 | United Kingdom |
| Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge | Faculty of Arts | English | BA (first class honours) | 1983-1986 | United Kingdom |
| University of Sheffield | — | Japanese Language | Post-graduate diploma | 1988-1990 | United Kingdom |
The King's School, Canterbury
Pottery
Period:
幼少期
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied pottery under Geoffrey Whiting
Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge
Faculty of Arts
/ English
Degree:
BA (first class honours)
Period:
1983-1986
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Sheffield
Japanese Language
Degree:
Post-graduate diploma
Period:
1988-1990
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United Kingdom
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Scholarship
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Costa Book Award | The Hare with Amber Eyes | Biography | Costa Book Awards | winner |
| 2011 | Ondaatje Prize | The Hare with Amber Eyes | — | Royal Society of Literature | winner |
| 2015 | Windham–Campbell Literature Prize | The White Road | Non-Fiction | Windham–Campbell Prizes | winner |
| 2021 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | British Monarchy | 受章 |
| 2011 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) | — | — | British Monarchy | 受章 |
Costa Book Award
2011
Work:
The Hare with Amber Eyes
Category:
Biography
Organization:
Costa Book Awards
Result:
winner
Ondaatje Prize
2011
Work:
The Hare with Amber Eyes
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
winner
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
2015
Work:
The White Road
Category:
Non-Fiction
Organization:
Windham–Campbell Prizes
Result:
winner
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2021
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
受章
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
2011
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
受章
Awards & Nominations
The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
2010 Biography/Memoir 416 pagesA family memoir tracing the Ephrussi family's history through a collection of 264 Japanese netsuke, passed down through generations.
Family historyJewish heritageExileNetsuke
The White Road
2015 Non-fiction 400 pagesThe author's journey tracing the history of porcelain from China to Britain and Germany.
PorcelainHistoryCraft
Letters to Camondo
2021 Epistolary 192 pagesMeditations in the form of letters addressed to the Camondo family collection.
MemoryExileArt
Bibliography
- Bernard Leach
- The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
- The White Road
- Letters to Camondo
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic proseHistorical detailMeditative
- Recurring Motifs
- PorcelainMemoryExileCollections
Legacy
Internationally renowned ceramic artist for large-scale porcelain installations and award-winning author whose works explore history and memory through family narratives.
In Popular Culture
- Works held in collections like V&A and British Museum
Quotes
-
When I need to make something I'm often mesmerised or haunted by an idea or by a piece of poetry.
Source: Artipelag interview (2017)
Trivia
- Descendant of the Ephrussi family, owns the famous netsuke collection
- Father was Dean of Canterbury Cathedral
- Featured in BBC Imagine documentary