Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1974) Winner
Jill Paton Walsh
ジル・パトン・ウォルシュ
Jiru Paton Warushu
Aliases:
Gillian Honorine Mary Bliss / Gillian Honorine Mary Herbert, Baroness Hemingford / The Lady Hemingford
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1937-04-29 （London, England）
- Died
- 2020-10-18 （Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England） age 83
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, England
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic （Baptismal Name: Gillian Honorine Mary）
- Residence History
- London → St Ives, Cornwall → Cambridge → Richmond, south-west London
Career
- Occupations
- author, novelist, children's writer
- Active Years
- 1966-2013
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Nominations
- Booker Prize shortlist (Knowledge of Angels, 1994)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's Convent | — | General education | — | 1940年代-1950年代 | United Kingdom |
| St Anne's College, Oxford | Faculty of English | English | 学士 | 1950年代 | United Kingdom |
St Michael's Convent
General education
Period:
1940年代-1950年代
Country:
United Kingdom
North Finchley, London
St Anne's College, Oxford
Faculty of English
/ English
Degree:
学士
Period:
1950年代
Year of Graduation:
1959
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | British monarchy | 受章 |
| 1998 | Phoenix Award | A Chance Child | 児童書 | Children's Literature Association | 受賞 |
| 1974 | Whitbread Prize (children's book) | The Emperor's Winding Sheet | 児童書 | — | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Boston Globe–Horn Book Award | Unleaving | フィクション | — | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Smarties Prize | Gaffer Samson's Luck | — | — | 受賞 |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1996
Organization:
British monarchy
Result:
受章
Phoenix Award
1998
Work:
A Chance Child
Category:
児童書
Organization:
Children's Literature Association
Result:
受賞
Whitbread Prize (children's book)
1974
Work:
The Emperor's Winding Sheet
Category:
児童書
Result:
受賞
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
1976
Work:
Unleaving
Category:
フィクション
Result:
受賞
Smarties Prize
1985
Work:
Gaffer Samson's Luck
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
2 appearances
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Edition 1 (1985) Winner
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Edition 11 (1995) Winner
Works
Major Works
Knowledge of Angels
1993 medieval philosophical novelA medieval philosophical novel shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize.
faithknowledgeangels
Thrones, Dominations
1998 mysteryCompletion of Dorothy L. Sayers' unfinished Lord Peter Wimsey–Harriet Vane novel.
marriage1930s Britain
The Emperor's Winding Sheet
1974 historical children's novelStory of a boy during the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Winner of Whitbread children's prize.
historywarloyalty
Bibliography
- Hengest's Tale
- The Dolphin Crossing
- Fireweed
- Goldengrove
- The Emperor's Winding Sheet
- A Chance Child
- Gaffer Samson's Luck
- Knowledge of Angels
- Thrones, Dominations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realismmetaphorical
- Recurring Motifs
- historyphilosophychildren's perspective
Health
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kidney failure, heart failure2020年cause of death
Legacy
Prominent English novelist and children's author, known for completing Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey series and shortlisted for the Booker Prize.