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Emma Jane Unsworth

エマ・ジェーン・アンスワース

Ema Jēn Ansuōsu

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1979-01-01 (Bury, Greater Manchester, England)
国籍
British
言語
English
居住地歴
Prestwich, England → Bury, Greater Manchester

経歴

職業
Short story writer, Novelist, Journalist
活動期間
2002年〜2024年
所属
Curious Tales Collective
影響を受けた人物
Sherry Ashworth
ノミネート
Portico Prize for Fiction 2012 shortlist

学歴

Bury Grammar School for Girls
国: United Kingdom
Mentored by Sherry Ashworth
University of Liverpool
Faculty of Arts / Department of English
国: United Kingdom
Studied English literature
University of Manchester
Centre for New Writing
学位: MA
国: United Kingdom
Graduated with MA

受賞歴

Betty Trask Award
2012
対象作品: Hungry, the Stars and Everything
主催: Society of Authors
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hungry, the Stars and Everything

2011年 Novel

Set in a restaurant called Bethel, the novel follows restaurant critic Helen as she eats through a tasting menu, evoking memories.

MemoryFoodFriendship

Animals

2014年 Novel

Follows best friends Laura and Tyler's hedonistic adventures fueled by alcohol and drugs, until circumstances change their friendship.

FriendshipAddictionGrowing up
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Animals / Sophie Hyde (2019)

Adults

2020年 Novel

全著作

  • Doppelganger – Comma: An Anthology (Comma Press, 2002)
  • Manchester Stories 3 (Comma Press, 2002)
  • What I Did on my Holidays – Bracket (Comma Press, 2005)
  • Saturday Mary – Phobic (Comma Press, 2007)
  • Patience – Litmus (Comma Press, 2011)
  • Fight or Flight – Murmurations (Two Ravens Press, 2011)
  • I Arrive First – The Best British Short Stories 2012 (Salt, 2012)
  • In – The Longest Night (Curious Tales, 2013)
  • The Endling – Poor Souls' Light (Curious Tales, 2014)
  • Hungry, the Stars and Everything (Hidden Gem Press, 2011)
  • Animals (Canongate, 2014)
  • Adults (The Borough Press, 2020)
  • Gothic Tales: Manchester Stories 7 (edited, Comma Press, 2004)

翻案

  • Animals (film, 2019, dir. Sophie Hyde)

作風・主題

文体
WittyEmotionally complex
頻出モチーフ
FriendshipHedonismChange

評価・遺産

Praised by The Guardian and The New York Times as a tremendous talent in contemporary British literature.

大衆文化への影響

  • Animals adapted into a film premiered at Sundance Film Festival.

豆知識

  • Grew up in Prestwich.
  • Mentored by teacher Sherry Ashworth.