Betty Trask Prize and Awards
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Edition 30 (2013) Winner
Grace McCleen
グレイス・マックリーン
Gureisu Makuriin
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1981 （Unknown）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Fundamentalist Christian sect
- Residence History
- Wales
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, musician, singer, songwriter
- Active Years
- 2012-
- Affiliations
- Brontë Parsonage Museum (writer in residence), Manchester Centre for New Writing (writer in residence)
- Influenced By
- Marilynne Robinson, Cormac McCarthy, W. G. Sebald, Thomas Mann, Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot, Walt Whitman, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Franz Kafka
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasenose College, Oxford | Faculty of English | English Literature | BA | — | United Kingdom |
| University of York | Faculty of Arts | English Literature | MA | — | United Kingdom |
Brasenose College, Oxford
Faculty of English
/ English Literature
Degree:
BA
Country:
United Kingdom
English Literature
University of York
Faculty of Arts
/ English Literature
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
MA in English Literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Desmond Elliott Prize | The Land of Decoration | — | Desmond Elliott Prize | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Betty Trask Award | The Land of Decoration | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize | The Offering | — | — | 受賞（8人受賞者之一） |
Desmond Elliott Prize
2012
Work:
The Land of Decoration
Organization:
Desmond Elliott Prize
Result:
受賞
Betty Trask Award
2013
Work:
The Land of Decoration
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize
2015
Work:
The Offering
Result:
受賞（8人受賞者之一）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Land of Decoration
2012 NovelA young girl prays for divine intervention amid religious faith and real-world crisis.
faithreligionpsychological development
Translations
- Translated into 16 languages
Bibliography
- The Land of Decoration (2012)
- The Professor of Poetry (2013)
- The Offering (2015)
- Every Sounding Line (2016, poetry)
- The Love Story (short story, 2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- philosophically sophisticatedpoetic
- Recurring Motifs
- exploration of faithpsychological turmoilreligious background
Health
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Mental breakdown卒業後Led to writing novels
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Tinnitus卒業後Part of health issues
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Chronic fatigue syndrome卒業後Affected writing
Legacy
Won multiple prizes for debut novel, acclaimed for unique style exploring faith and psychology.
Quotes
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Writing is really destructive to me.
Source: The Independent (2013)
Trivia
- Raised in a fundamentalist Christian sect in Wales
- Opposed by her community for attending university