James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (1963) Winner
Gerda Charles
ゲルダ・チャールズ
Gerda Chāruzu
Aliases:
Edna Lipson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1915-03-10 （Liverpool）
- Died
- 1996-11-04 age 81
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Liverpool → London
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, author, journalist, reviewer
- Active Years
- 1959-1996
- Influenced By
- Emanuel Litvinoff, Bernice Rubens, Bernard Kops, Arnold Wesker
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley College | — | Literature and Writing | — | 戦後 | United Kingdom |
Morley College
Literature and Writing
Period:
戦後
Country:
United Kingdom
Evening classes
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | A Slanting Light | 小説 | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
| 1971 | Whitbread Prize | The Destiny Waltz | 最優秀小説 | — | 受賞 |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1963
Work:
A Slanting Light
Category:
小説
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
Whitbread Prize
1971
Work:
The Destiny Waltz
Category:
最優秀小説
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1971) Winner
Works
Major Works
The True Voice
1959 Novel
Anglo-Jewish experience
The Crossing Point
1961 Novel
Anglo-Jewish experience
A Slanting Light
1963 Novel
Anglo-Jewish experience
A Logical Girl
1966 Novel
Anglo-Jewish experience
The Destiny Waltz
1971 Novel
Anglo-Jewish experience
Bibliography
- The True Voice (1959)
- The Crossing Point (1961)
- A Slanting Light (1963)
- A Logical Girl (1966)
- The Destiny Waltz (1971)
- Modern Jewish Stories (1963, edited)
- Great Short Stories of the World (1976, edited)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Chronicler of Anglo-Jewish experience
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish community
Legacy
Regarded as one of the chroniclers of the Anglo-Jewish experience.
Archives
- University of Reading Library
In Popular Culture
- Tel Aviv University inaugurated the Gerda Charles Award
Trivia
- Ran a commercial hotel with her mother in Liverpool in the 1930s
- Never married and lived with her mother until 1981
- Posthumous papers at University of Reading