Duff Cooper Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1965) Winner
George D. Painter
ジョージ・ディー・ペインテー
Jōji D. Peintā
Aliases:
George Duncan Painter
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-06-05 （Birmingham）
- Died
- 2005-12-08 （England） age 91
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Birmingham, England → Cambridge → Liverpool → London
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Biographer, Museum Curator
- Active Years
- 1951-2005
- Affiliations
- British Museum, Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- The Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced
- Marcel Proust scholars
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity College, Cambridge | — | Classics | — | — | United Kingdom |
Trinity College, Cambridge
Classics
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Duff Cooper Prize | Marcel Proust: A Biography Vol. 2 | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1977 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Chateaubriand: Volume 1 – The Longed-For Tempests | — | — | 受賞 |
Duff Cooper Prize
1965
Work:
Marcel Proust: A Biography Vol. 2
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1977
Work:
Chateaubriand: Volume 1 – The Longed-For Tempests
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 59 (1977) Winner
Works
Major Works
Marcel Proust: A Biography
1959 BiographyDetailed biography of Marcel Proust. Vol.1 1959, Vol.2 1965.
Proust's lifeLiterary achievements
Translations
- German (1962,1968)
Chateaubriand: Volume 1 – The Longed-For Tempests
1977 BiographyBiography of François-René de Chateaubriand, Vol.1.
RomanticismFrench literature
William Caxton: A Quincentenary Biography of England's First Printer
1976 BiographyBiography of William Caxton.
History of printingEnglish literary history
Bibliography
- André Gide: A Critical and Biographical Study (1951)
- The Road to Sinodun: A Winter and Summer Monodrama (1951)
- André Gide: Marshlands and Prometheus Misbound (1953, trans.)
- Marcel Proust: Letters to His Mother (1956, trans.)
- Marcel Proust: A Biography Vol.1 (1959)
- Marcel Proust: A Biography Vol.2 (1965)
- The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation (1965)
- William Caxton: A Quincentenary Biography (1976)
- Chateaubriand: A Biography Vol.1 (1977)
Translations by Author
- Marcel Proust: Letters to His Mother
- The Tartar Relation
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Meticulous researchScholarly biographical style
- Recurring Motifs
- Literary livesHistorical context
Legacy
English biographer renowned for his Proust biography, considered one of the finest literary biographies in English.
In Popular Culture
- Poem 'The Lobster' adapted into song by Fairport Convention (1968)
Trivia
- Father was a schoolmaster, mother an artist.
- Deputy keeper of incunabula at the British Museum.