Orwell Prize
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Edition 22 (2015) Winner
James Meek
ジェームズ・ミーク
Jēmuzu Mīku
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962-01-01 （London）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London, England → Dundee, Scotland → Edinburgh, Scotland → Kyiv, Ukraine → Moscow, Russia → London, England
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, novelist
- Active Years
- 1989-2024
- Affiliations
- The Guardian, London Review of Books
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Franz Kafka, James Kelman
- Influenced
- Irvine Welsh, Alan Warner
- Nominations
- Booker Prize longlist 2005 The People's Act of Love, Costa Book Award shortlist 2012 The Heart Broke In
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Academy | — | — | — | 高校時代 | United Kingdom |
| University of Edinburgh | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Grove Academy
Period:
高校時代
Country:
United Kingdom
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University of Edinburgh
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ondaatje Prize | The People's Act of Love | — | Royal Society of Literature | winner |
| 2005 | Scottish Arts Council Book of Year Award | The People's Act of Love | — | Scottish Arts Council | winner |
| 2008 | Le Prince Maurice Prize | We Are Now Beginning Our Descent | — | — | winner |
| 2015 | Orwell Book Prize | Private Island | — | — | winner |
| 2004 | Amnesty International Journalist of the Year | — | — | Amnesty International | winner |
| 2003 | British Press Awards Foreign Reporter of the Year | — | — | British Press Awards | winner |
Ondaatje Prize
2005
Work:
The People's Act of Love
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
winner
Scottish Arts Council Book of Year Award
2005
Work:
The People's Act of Love
Organization:
Scottish Arts Council
Result:
winner
Le Prince Maurice Prize
2008
Work:
We Are Now Beginning Our Descent
Result:
winner
Orwell Book Prize
2015
Work:
Private Island
Result:
winner
Amnesty International Journalist of the Year
2004
Organization:
Amnesty International
Result:
winner
British Press Awards Foreign Reporter of the Year
2003
Organization:
British Press Awards
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The People's Act of Love
2005 historical fictionThe story of a woman and her three lovers in a small Siberian town during the Russian Civil War.
lovewarrevolutionreligion
Adaptations
- [film] / Johnny Depp (optioned)
We Are Now Beginning Our Descent
2008 novelThe story of a journalist who travels to Afghanistan immediately after 9/11.
warjournalism
The Heart Broke In
2012 novelSet in contemporary Britain, a newspaper editor blackmails a TV producer into betraying his sister.
betrayalfamilymedia
Bibliography
- McFarlane Boils the Sea
- Last Orders and Other Stories
- Drivetime
- The Museum of Doubt
- The People's Act of Love
- We Are Now Beginning Our Descent
- The Heart Broke In
- Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else
- Dreams of Leaving and Remaining
- To Calais, In Ordinary Time
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- surrealismabsurdismmagical dirty realism
Legacy
Prominent contemporary British novelist and journalist, acclaimed for The People's Act of Love, with numerous awards for fiction and journalism on Russia and post-Soviet regions.