Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (1994) Winner
Fred D'Aguiar
フレッド・ダギアー
Fureddo Daguiā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-02-02 （London, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London, England → Guyana (1962-1972) → England → United States
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Professor of English
- Active Years
- 1983-2024
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Virginia Tech, University of Miami
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL, 2022)
- Nominations
- T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist (Bill of Rights, 1998), T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist (Continental Shelf, 2009), James Tait Black Memorial Prize Shortlist (Feeding the Ghosts, 1997)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kent | African and Caribbean Studies | African and Caribbean Studies | BA | 不明 | United Kingdom |
University of Kent
African and Caribbean Studies
/ African and Caribbean Studies
Degree:
BA
Period:
不明
Year of Graduation:
1985
Country:
United Kingdom
Trained as psychiatric nurse before studying
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Guyana Poetry Prize | Mama Dot / Airy Hall | — | Guyana Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1994 | David Higham Prize for Fiction | The Longest Memory | フィクション | — | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Whitbread First Novel Award | The Longest Memory | 初小説 | — | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Cholmondeley Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Guyana Poetry Prize
1989
Work:
Mama Dot / Airy Hall
Organization:
Guyana Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
David Higham Prize for Fiction
1994
Work:
The Longest Memory
Category:
フィクション
Result:
受賞
Whitbread First Novel Award
1994
Work:
The Longest Memory
Category:
初小説
Result:
受賞
Cholmondeley Award
2019
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
David Higham Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1994) Winner
Works
Major Works
Mama Dot
1985 PoetryPoetry collection centered on the archetypal grandmother figure Mama Dot, fusing standard English and Nation language.
Guyanese cultureFamilyDiaspora
Airy Hall
1989 PoetryPoetry collection named after the Guyanese village of his childhood.
GuyanaNatureMemory
The Longest Memory
1994 NovelStory of Whitechapel, a slave on an 18th-century Virginia plantation. Adapted for TV.
SlaveryRaceFamily tragedy
Adaptations
- [Television] The Longest Memory (1994)
Bibliography
- Mama Dot (1985)
- Airy Hall (1989)
- British Subjects (1993)
- The Longest Memory (1994)
- Dear Future (1996)
- Feeding the Ghosts (1997)
- Bill of Rights (1998)
- Bloodlines (2000)
- Bethany Bettany (2003)
- Continental Shelf (2009)
- Children of Paradise (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Fusion of standard English and Nation language/CreoleNarrative poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- SlaveryGuyanese lifeDiasporaJonestown massacre
Legacy
Guyanese-British poet and novelist acclaimed for works on slavery, Guyanese life, and diaspora. Taught at UCLA and other universities.
Trivia
- Born in London to Guyanese parents.
- Spent childhood in Guyana with grandmother.
- Fathered a son with poet Jackie Kay.