Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (1998) Winner
Giles Foden
ジルズ・フォーデン
Jiruzu Fōden
Aliases:
Giles William Thomas Foden
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1967-01-11 （Warwickshire）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Warwickshire, England → Malawi
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Journalist, Editor, Professor of Creative Writing
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Affiliations
- University of East Anglia, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Nominations
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist (1998, The Last King of Scotland)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarlet Hall | — | Unknown | — | — | England |
| Malvern College | — | Unknown | — | — | England |
| Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge | Unknown | English | — | — | United Kingdom |
| St John's College, Cambridge | — | Unknown | — | — | United Kingdom |
Yarlet Hall
Unknown
Country:
England
Malvern College
Unknown
Country:
England
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Unknown
/ English
Country:
United Kingdom
St John's College, Cambridge
Unknown
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Whitbread First Novel Award | The Last King of Scotland | — | Whitbread | winner |
| 1999 | Betty Trask Award | The Last King of Scotland | — | Society of Authors | winner |
| 1999 | Somerset Maugham Award | The Last King of Scotland | — | Society of Authors | winner |
| 1999 | Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize | The Last King of Scotland | — | Royal Society of Literature | winner |
Whitbread First Novel Award
1998
Work:
The Last King of Scotland
Organization:
Whitbread
Result:
winner
Betty Trask Award
1999
Work:
The Last King of Scotland
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Somerset Maugham Award
1999
Work:
The Last King of Scotland
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize
1999
Work:
The Last King of Scotland
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Betty Trask Prize and Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1999) Winner
Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
The Last King of Scotland
1998 Historical FictionA novel set during Idi Amin's rule of Uganda in the 1970s.
DictatorshipAfricaColonialism
Adaptations
- [Film] The Last King of Scotland / Kevin Macdonald (2006)
Ladysmith
1999 Historical FictionSet during the Siege of Ladysmith in the Anglo-Boer War in 1899.
WarAfricaFamily
Zanzibar
2002 FictionSet in east Africa around the 1998 bombings of American embassies.
TerrorismAfrica
Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle for Lake Tanganyika
2004 Non-fictionThe bizarre battle for Lake Tanganyika in World War I.
WarAfrica
Turbulence
2009 FictionA novel about military interest in meteorology during World War II.
WarScience
Bibliography
- The Last King of Scotland (1998)
- Ladysmith (1999)
- Zanzibar (2002)
- Mimi and Toutou Go Forth (2004)
- Turbulence (2009)
Adaptations
- The Last King of Scotland film adaptation (2006)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed historical reconstructionVivid realism
- Recurring Motifs
- African conflictsColonial legacyCross-cultural encounters
Legacy
English author best known for his novel The Last King of Scotland, noted for historical fiction set in Africa.
In Popular Culture
- The Last King of Scotland adapted into a film starring Forest Whitaker.
Trivia
- Son of an agricultural adviser and a farmer.
- Family moved to Malawi in 1972.
- Former deputy literary editor at The Guardian.