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Helen Dunmore

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Helen Dunmore

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1952-12-12 （Beverley, Yorkshire, England）
Died
2017-06-05 （Bristol, England） age 64
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Beverley (birth) → London, Sutton High School → Nottingham, Nottingham Girls' High School → York, University of York → Finland (1973-1975) → Bristol

Career

Occupations
Poet, Novelist, Short story writer, Children's writer
Active Years
1983-2017
Affiliations
Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
Memberships
Royal Society of Literature
Nominations
T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist 1997 Bestiary, Man Booker Prize longlist 2010 The Betrayal, Walter Scott Prize shortlist 2015 The Lie

Education

University of York
English
Year of Graduation: 1973
Country: England
Studied English

Awards

McKitterick Prize
1994
Work: Zennor in Darkness
Organization: Society of Authors
Result: 受賞
Orange Prize
1996
Work: A Spell of Winter
Result: 受賞
National Poetry Competition
2010
Work: The Malarkey
Result: 受賞
Costa Book Awards
2017
Work: Inside the Wave
Category: 詩集部門および年間最優秀賞
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Zennor in Darkness

1993 Novel

A Spell of Winter

1995 Novel

The Siege

2001 Novel

Inside the Wave

2017 Poetry

Health

  • terminal cancer
    2017年3月-6月
    led to her death

Legacy

First winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, posthumous Costa Book Awards for poetry and overall. Known for poetry and novels

Trivia

  • Married lawyer Francis Charnley in 1980. Children: Patrick, Tess, stepson Ollie.