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Horatio Clare

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Horatio Clare

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
London, England
Nationality
British, Welsh
Languages
English
Residence History
Black Mountains, South Wales

Career

Occupations
Author, Broadcaster, Senior lecturer
Active Years
2003-2025
Affiliations
University of Manchester, BBC
Nominations
Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award shortlist (2007, Running for the Hills), Dolman Best Travel Book Award shortlist (2010, A Single Swallow)

Education

University of York
English
Country: United Kingdom
Read English

Awards

Somerset Maugham Award
2007
Work: Running for the Hills
Organization: Society of Authors
Result: winner
Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year
2015
Work: Down to the Sea in Ships
Result: winner
Branford Boase Award
2016
Work: Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot
Category: Debut Children's Book
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Running for the Hills

2006 Memoir

Memoir of childhood on a Welsh sheep farm

FamilyNatureGrowing up

Down to the Sea in Ships

2014 Travel literature

Account of voyages on container ships

SeaWorkersAdventure

Heavy Light: A Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing

2021 Memoir

Journey through personal breakdown, mania, and healing

Mental healthMadnessHealing

Bibliography

  • Marrakech the Red City: The City through Writers' Eyes (2003)
  • Running for the Hills (2006)
  • Truant: Notes from a Slippery Slope (2007)
  • A Single Swallow (2009)
  • Down to the Sea in Ships (2014)
  • Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot (2015)
  • Heavy Light: A Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing (2021)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
LyricalVividObservant
Recurring Motifs
NatureTravelMental health

Health

  • Mental breakdown
    2021頃
    Described in his book Heavy Light

Legacy

Acclaimed author in travel, nature writing, and mental health

Trivia

  • Grew up on a hill farm in the Black Mountains of South Wales