O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 89 (2010) Winner
James Lasdun
ジェームズ・ラスダン
Jēmusu Rasudan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1958-06-08 （London）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, England
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- London
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1986-
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Nominations
- Man Booker Prize longlist (Seven Lies)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Westminster School
Country:
United Kingdom
People educated at Westminster School, London
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sundance Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | Sunday | — | Sundance Film Festival | winner |
| 2006 | BBC National Short Story Award | An Anxious Man | — | BBC | winner |
| — | Dylan Thomas Prize | short stories | — | — | winner |
| 1997 | Guggenheim Fellowship | poetry | poetry | Guggenheim Foundation | recipient |
| 1999 | London Times Literary Supplement Poetry Competition | — | — | Times Literary Supplement | winner |
Sundance Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
1997
Work:
Sunday
Organization:
Sundance Film Festival
Result:
winner
BBC National Short Story Award
2006
Work:
An Anxious Man
Organization:
BBC
Result:
winner
Dylan Thomas Prize
Work:
short stories
Result:
winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
1997
Work:
poetry
Category:
poetry
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
recipient
London Times Literary Supplement Poetry Competition
1999
Organization:
Times Literary Supplement
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Horned Man
2002 novelA psychological thriller, New York Times Notable Book.
paranoiapsychology
Seven Lies
2005 novelEconomist Book of the Year, longlisted for Man Booker Prize.
Landscape with Chainsaw
2001 poetryFinalist for T.S. Eliot Prize, Forward Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
The Siege
2000 short storiesTitle story adapted into film Besieged by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Adaptations
- [film] Besieged / Bernardo Bertolucci (1998)
Bibliography
- The Horned Man
- Seven Lies
- The Fall Guy
- Victory: Two Novellas
- It's Beginning To Hurt
- Landscape with Chainsaw
- Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- polished prosedeep psychological insight
- Recurring Motifs
- anxietystalkingidentity
Legacy
Recognized as a significant contemporary British novelist and poet, with numerous awards.
Trivia
- Son of architect Sir Denys Lasdun.
- Published a memoir about being stalked.