John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1951) Winner
Elizabeth Jane Howard
エリザベス・ジェーン・ハワード
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1923-03-26 （London, England, UK）
- Died
- 2014-01-02 （Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK） age 90
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London (birth and early life) → Lemmons, Barnet (1968–1976) → Bungay, Suffolk (later life)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1947-2014
- Influenced By
- Jane Austen (as an influence in the domestic/family novel tradition), Robert Aickman (collaborator and influence in short fiction)
- Influenced
- Martin Amis (stepson; she encouraged his reading and writing), Later women novelists working in family-saga/domestic realist modes
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Holland School (brief attendance) | — | — | — | 幼少〜10代（部分的に家庭教育） | United Kingdom |
| Domestic-science college at Ebury Street (brief) | — | — | — | 短期 | United Kingdom |
| Secretarial college in central London (brief) | — | — | — | 短期 | United Kingdom |
Francis Holland School (brief attendance)
Period:
幼少〜10代（部分的に家庭教育）
Country:
United Kingdom
Mostly educated at home; briefly attended Francis Holland School, a domestic-science college at Ebury Street, and a secretarial college in central London.
Domestic-science college at Ebury Street (brief)
Period:
短期
Country:
United Kingdom
Short course in domestic science
Secretarial college in central London (brief)
Period:
短期
Country:
United Kingdom
Trained in secretarial skills
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize | The Beautiful Visit | — | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize committee | winner |
| 2000 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | Order of the British Empire | appointed |
| — | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | fellow |
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
1951
Work:
The Beautiful Visit
Organization:
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize committee
Result:
winner
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2000
Organization:
Order of the British Empire
Result:
appointed
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
fellow
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Beautiful Visit
1950 Fiction (novel)Her first novel, noted for its assured voice and sensuality; winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.
emotional nuancewomen's self-discovery
The Long View
1956 Fiction (novel)A novel that describes a marriage in reverse chronology; praised by critics.
marriagetime and memory
Getting It Right
1982 Fiction (novel)A novel about a young woman's coming-of-age; adapted as a feature film.
coming-of-agefamily relationships
Adaptations
- [film] Getting It Right / Randal Kleiser (1989)
The Light Years (first volume of The Cazalet Chronicle)
1990 family sagaThe first volume of the five-part Cazalet Chronicle, a family saga about changes in English life during the war years.
wartime lifeintergenerational family dynamics
Adaptations
- [television series] The Cazalets (BBC television adaptation) (2001)
All Change (fifth volume of The Cazalet Chronicle)
2013 family sagaThe concluding volume of the Cazalet Chronicle, written in one year and published near the end of Howard's life.
finalegenerational change
Bibliography
- The Beautiful Visit (1950)
- We Are for the Dark: Six Ghost Stories (1951, contributor)
- The Long View (1956)
- The Sea Change (1959)
- After Julius (1965)
- Something in Disguise (1969)
- Odd Girl Out (1972)
- Mr. Wrong (1975, short stories)
- Getting It Right (1982)
- The Light Years (1990)
- Marking Time (1991)
- Confusion (1993)
- Casting Off (1995)
- Falling (1999)
- Slipstream (autobiography, 2002)
- Three Miles Up and Other Strange Stories (2003)
- Love All (2008)
- All Change (2013)
Adaptations
- The Cazalets (BBC television series, 2001)
- Getting It Right (film, 1989; screenplay based on her novel)
- BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Cazalets (radio serial, 2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- assured narrative voicerealist domestic fictiondetailed depiction of family and generational dynamics
- Recurring Motifs
- family relationshipsmemory and timewomen's roleslife during wartime
Legacy
A prominent British novelist from the mid-20th century into the early 21st. Best known for the Cazalet Chronicle, she extended the tradition of domestic/family fiction in contemporary British literature. Her works have been translated and adapted, sustaining both academic and popular interest.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
Archives
- Library of Congress catalogue records
- Publisher John Murray-related materials (location unspecified)
In Popular Culture
- Widely known through the BBC television adaptation (The Cazalets)
- Film adaptation of Getting It Right
Trivia
- Her first novel, The Beautiful Visit (1950), won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.
- Best known for the five-volume Cazalet Chronicle, which sold millions of copies.
- Married to novelist Kingsley Amis from 1965 to 1983.