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Hugh Fleetwood

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Hugh Fleetwood

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1944 （United Kingdom）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
France (moved at age 18) → Italy (moved at age 21; lived ~14 years) → London, United Kingdom (resident after return)

Career

Occupations
Writer, Painter
Active Years
1970-

Awards

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
1974
Work: The Girl Who Passed for Normal
Organization: BookTrust
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Painter of Flowers

1972 Novel

An early novel featuring a painter as protagonist; reflects Fleetwood's painterly sensibility.

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The Girl Who Passed For Normal

1973 Novel

Explores the psyche of a young woman and her relations with others. Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1974.

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The Order of Death

1977 Suspense/Novel

A work dealing with crime and violence that later served as the basis for a film adaptation.

crimeviolencemorality
Adaptations
  • [Film] Copkiller / Roberto Faenza (1983)

The Godmother

1980 Novel

Published 1980; one of Fleetwood's novels which received a revised edition in 2020.

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Bibliography

  • A Painter of Flowers (1972)
  • The Girl Who Passed For Normal (1973)
  • Foreign Affairs (1974)
  • A Conditional Sentence (1975)
  • A Picture of Innocence (1976)
  • The Order of Death (1977)
  • An Artist and a Magician (US: Roman Magic) (1978)
  • The Godmother (1980; revised edition 2020)
  • The Redeemer (1981)
  • A Young Fair God (1983; revised edition 2020)
  • Paradise (1986)
  • The Past (1987)
  • The Witch (1989)
  • The Mercy Killer (1991)
  • Brothers (1999)
  • The Dark Paintings (2006)
  • Our Lady of the Flies (2013; revised edition 2020)
  • The Portrait Painter (2020)
  • Freedom (2020)
  • The Vampire of Tlallpa (2020)
  • The Angel of Death: The Scottish Trilogy Book One (2020)
  • A Great Shot: The Scottish Trilogy Book Two (2020)
  • Complicity: The Scottish Trilogy Book Three (2020)
  • The Company of Finches (2020)
  • Collected poems (Simple Edizioni, Macerata) (2022)

Adaptations

  • Film 'Copkiller' (based on The Order of Death)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Realistic, sometimes stark psychological depiction with painterly imagery
Recurring Motifs
artistsidentitydeathmoral ambiguity

Legacy

A writer and painter who established a distinctive position in British literature from the 1970s. Known for winning the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1974 and for a 1970s novel adapted into film. In recent years he has self-published several works.

In Popular Culture

  • The 1977 novel The Order of Death was the basis for the 1983 film Copkiller.

Trivia

  • Moved to France at 18 and to Italy at 21, living there for about 14 years.
  • Won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1974.
  • A 1977 novel was adapted into the 1983 film Copkiller; Fleetwood was involved in adapting the book for the film.
  • In 2020, unable to reach his studio due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he completed and revised several novels and self-published nine books via Amazon.