Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (1992) Winner
Jeff Torrington
ジェフ・トリングトン
Jefu Toringuton
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1935-12-31 （Glasgow, Scotland）
- Died
- 2008-05-11 （Scotland） age 72
- Nationality
- Scottish, British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Glasgow → Linwood
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, telex sequencer
- Active Years
- 1992-1998
- Affiliations
- Paisley writers' group, Glasgow creative writing group
- Influenced By
- James Kelman, Philip Hobsbaum, Tom Leonard, Liz Lochhead, Alasdair Gray, Aonghas MacNeacail
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Whitbread Book of the Year | Swing Hammer Swing | — | Whitbread | winner |
Whitbread Book of the Year
1992
Work:
Swing Hammer Swing
Organization:
Whitbread
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Swing Hammer Swing
1992 novelSet during the demolition of the old Gorbals in Glasgow. It took 30 years to write.
changing face of modern Scotlandurban demolition
The Devil's Carousel
1998 novelDrew on the decline of a fictionalised version of the Rootes/Chrysler car plant at Linwood. Torrington worked there for eight years.
industrial declineworking life
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- use of Scottish vernacular
- Recurring Motifs
- changing face of modern Scotlandurban and industrial decline
Health
-
Parkinson's disease晩年cause of death
Legacy
Scottish novelist known for drawing on the changing face of modern Scotland. Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year.
Trivia
- Swing Hammer Swing took 30 years to write.
- Worked for eight years as a telex sequencer at the Linwood car plant.
- First published stories appeared in newspapers.