Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1970) Winner
Jane Gaskell
ジェーン・ガスケル
Jēn Gaskeru
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1941-07-07 （Lancaster, Lancashire, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, fantasy writer, journalist, astrologer
- Active Years
- 1957-1990
- Affiliations
- Daily Mail
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Somerset Maugham Award | A Sweet, Sweet Summer | — | Society of Authors | winner |
Somerset Maugham Award
1970
Work:
A Sweet, Sweet Summer
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Strange Evil
1957 FantasyA highly imaginative fantasy novel written at age 14.
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The Shiny Narrow Grin
1964 HorrorA revisionist vampire novel featuring a sympathetic vampire.
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A Sweet, Sweet Summer
1969 Science FictionFeatures aliens visiting a violent future Earth. Winner of Somerset Maugham Award.
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Bibliography
- Strange Evil (1957)
- King's Daughter (1958)
- Attic Summer (1963)
- The Shiny Narrow Grin (1964)
- The Fabulous Heroine (1966)
- All Neat in Black Stockings (1966)
- A Sweet, Sweet Summer (1969)
- Summer Coming (1972)
- Sun Bubble (1990)
- The Serpent (1963)
- The Dragon (1975)
- Atlan (1965)
- The City (1966)
- Some Summer Lands (1977)
Adaptations
- All Neat in Black Stockings filmed in 1969
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- highly imaginativebold fantasysocial realism
- Recurring Motifs
- vampiresAtlantisfuture Earth
Legacy
Known as a teenage prodigy who published her first novel at 14, she produced innovative works in fantasy, horror, and SF. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award.
Trivia
- Published her first novel Strange Evil at age 14.
- The Atlan Saga is set in prehistoric South America and Atlantis.