Chancellor's Gold Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 48 (1924) Winner
Edward Upward
エドワード・アプワード
Edowādo Apuwādo
Aliases:
Edward Falaise Upward
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1903-02-20 （Highgate, London）
- Died
- 2009-03-26 （Sandgate, Kent） age 106
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- London → Oxford → Sandgate
Career
- Occupations
- teacher, novelist, poet
- Active Years
- 1920-2009
- Influenced By
- Christopher Isherwood, W. H. Auden
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repton School | — | Unknown | — | 1916-1921 | United Kingdom |
| Corpus Christi College, Oxford | — | Literae Humaniores | BA | 1921-1925 | United Kingdom |
Repton School
Unknown
Period:
1916-1921
Year of Graduation:
1921
Country:
United Kingdom
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Literae Humaniores
Degree:
BA
Period:
1921-1925
Year of Graduation:
1925
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Journey to the Border
1938 novelA journey to a fantastical borderland reflecting political turmoil of the 1930s.
Marxismfantasyclass struggle
The Rotten Borough
1977 novelSatirical novel written in the 1920s, published posthumously no, late.
political satireyouth
In the Thirties
1978 novelSemi-autobiographical novel about the 1930s.
communismfriendship
The Scenic Railway
2003 poetryLate poetry collection.
ageingreminiscence
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fantasticpoliticalintrospective
- Recurring Motifs
- Marxismhomoerotic undertonesfantasy borderlands
Legacy
An overlooked figure in 20th-century British literature, known for Mortmere legends with Isherwood and Auden, rediscovered in old age as a long-lived writer.
Trivia
- Lived to the age of 106.
- Served as a model for characters in Isherwood's Lions and Shadows.