Betty Trask Prize and Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1988) Winner
Glenn Patterson
グレン・パターソン
Guren Patāsun
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1961-01-01 （Belfast, Northern Ireland）
- Nationality
- Northern Irish, British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Belfast (current residence) → Norwich, Norfolk (University of East Anglia) → Toronto (visiting residency)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Journalist, Academic, Documentary maker
- Active Years
- 1988-
- Affiliations
- Queen's University Belfast (Director, Seamus Heaney Centre), Aosdána (member), Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Memberships
- Aosdána, Royal Society of Literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist College Belfast | — | — | — | — | Northern Ireland |
| University of East Anglia | Arts / School of Literature | Creative Writing | BA, MA | — | United Kingdom |
Methodist College Belfast
Country:
Northern Ireland
Secondary education
University of East Anglia
Arts / School of Literature
/ Creative Writing
Degree:
BA, MA
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied on the UEA creative writing course under Malcolm Bradbury
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Rooney Prize for Irish Literature | — | — | Rooney Prize committee | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Betty Trask Award | — | — | Betty Trask Awards committee | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Heimbold Visiting Chair of Irish Studies | — | — | Heimbold Visiting Chair programme | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Lannan Literary Fellowship | — | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2014 | BAFTA (nomination) | Good Vibrations (screenplay, co-writer) | — | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | ノミネート |
| 2007 | Elected to Aosdána | — | — | Aosdána | 選出 |
| 2023 | Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | 選出 |
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
1988
Organization:
Rooney Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Betty Trask Award
1988
Organization:
Betty Trask Awards committee
Result:
受賞
Heimbold Visiting Chair of Irish Studies
2016
Organization:
Heimbold Visiting Chair programme
Result:
受賞
Lannan Literary Fellowship
2008
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
受賞
BAFTA (nomination)
2014
Work:
Good Vibrations (screenplay, co-writer)
Organization:
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Result:
ノミネート
Elected to Aosdána
2007
Organization:
Aosdána
Result:
選出
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
2023
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
Lannan Literary Awards
3 appearances
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Edition 180 (2008, held 7 times in year) Fellowship
Works
Major Works
Burning Your Own
1988 NovelAn early novel exploring personal relationships against the backdrop of Northern Irish society.
Northern IrelandIndividual and societyMemory of the past
Fat Lad
1992 NovelA story about city life and youth, addressing issues of identity and community.
YouthUrban lifeIdentity
The International
1999 Historical fiction / Contemporary novelSet around a city-centre hotel in Belfast just before the Troubles, it portrays diverse strands of city life and reassesses historical narratives.
Reassessment of the pastUrban memoryPolitics and everyday life
Number 5
2003 NovelA novel probing relationships between individuals and community.
CommunityPersonal history
The Mill for Grinding Old People Young
2012 NovelA work that mixes humour and irony to explore memory, ageing and intergenerational relations.
AgeingMemoryIntergenerational relations
Gull
2016 NovelA narrative following urban change and individual trajectories.
Urban changeMemory
Where Are We Now?
2020 NovelA work asking about positioning in the present and dialogues with the past.
PresentnessHistorical consciousness
Bibliography
- Burning Your Own (1988)
- Fat Lad (1992)
- Black Night at Big Thunder Mountain (1995)
- The International (1999)
- Number 5 (2003)
- That Which Was (2004)
- The Third Party (2007)
- The Mill for Grinding Old People Young (2012)
- Gull (2016)
- Where Are We Now? (2020)
- Lapsed Protestant (2006) (non-fiction, journalism)
- Once Upon a Hill: Love in Troubled Times (2008) (memoir)
- Backstop Land (2019) (journalistic writings)
Adaptations
- Good Vibrations (screenplay, co-writer)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Contemporary realismNarrative that prompts reassessment of historyConcise, observational prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Past and memoryBelfast urban landscapeIntersection of politics and everyday life
Legacy
Recognised as a Belfast-born writer whose work, focusing on reassessment of the past and urban memory, has influence in both academia and the public sphere.
Academic Societies
- Aosdána
- Royal Society of Literature
In Popular Culture
- Film 'Good Vibrations' (2013) — co-wrote screenplay, depicting Belfast music scene
Trivia
- Lives in Belfast; married to Ali Fitzgibbon with two children.
- Co-wrote the screenplay for the 2013 film Good Vibrations with Colin Carberry.
- Won the Rooney Prize and the Betty Trask Award in 1988.
- Received a BAFTA nomination in 2014 (related to Good Vibrations).
- Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023.