Costa Book Awards
2 appearances
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Edition 16 (1986) Winner
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Edition 27 (1997) Winner
Jim Crace
ジム・クレイス
Jimu Kurēsu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946-03-01 （St Albans, England）
- Nationality
- England
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Atheism
- Residence History
- Enfield, London → Birmingham (Moseley) → Worcestershire
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, novelist, playwright, short story writer, freelance journalist
- Active Years
- 1974-
- Affiliations
- University of Texas at Austin
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Influenced By
- Günter Grass, Italo Calvino, Primo Levi
- Nominations
- Booker Prize shortlist (Quarantine, 1997), Booker Prize shortlist (Harvest, 2013)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfield Grammar School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Birmingham College of Commerce | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Enfield Grammar School
Country:
United Kingdom
Birmingham College of Commerce
Country:
United Kingdom
Now Birmingham City University
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | David Higham Prize for Fiction | Continent | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Guardian Fiction Prize | Continent | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize | Signals of Distress | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1996 | E. M. Forster Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1999 | National Book Critics Circle Award | Being Dead | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2013 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Harvest | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Windham–Campbell Literature Prize | — | Fiction | — | 受賞 |
| 2015 | International Dublin Literary Award | Harvest | — | — | 受賞 |
David Higham Prize for Fiction
1986
Work:
Continent
Result:
受賞
Guardian Fiction Prize
1986
Work:
Continent
Result:
受賞
Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize
1994
Work:
Signals of Distress
Result:
受賞
E. M. Forster Award
1996
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award
1999
Work:
Being Dead
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
2013
Work:
Harvest
Result:
受賞
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
2015
Category:
Fiction
Result:
受賞
International Dublin Literary Award
2015
Work:
Harvest
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
David Higham Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1986) Winner
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
-
Edition 95 (2013) Winner
The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2014) Winner
International Dublin Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
Continent
1986 Realistic fictionSeven linked stories set on a fictional continent.
PovertyDevelopment
The Gift of Stones
1988 Historical fictionSet at the beginning of the Bronze Age in a stone quarrying village.
DisabilityChange
Arcadia
1992 Realistic fictionSet in a fruit and vegetable market resembling Covent Garden.
Signals of Distress
1994 Historical fiction19th-century England with an African slave.
Quarantine
1997 Historical fictionJesus in the Judean desert.
Being Dead
1999 Realistic fictionA couple murdered on sand dunes.
Harvest
2013 Historical fictionSeven days in a rural area in an undetermined century.
LandscapeCommunity
Bibliography
- Continent (1986)
- The Gift of Stones (1988)
- Arcadia (1992)
- Signals of Distress (1994)
- Quarantine (1997)
- Being Dead (1999)
- Six (2003)
- The Pesthouse (2007)
- Harvest (2013)
- The Melody (2018)
- eden (2022)
Translations of Works
- Translated into 28 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Rhythmic proseMetaphorsPoetic language
- Recurring Motifs
- FoodLandscapeDeathMythical elements
Legacy
Prominent English novelist known for fantastical and historical fiction, winner of numerous awards, works translated into 28 languages.
Archives
- University of Texas archive
Trivia
- Father was a curmudgeonly leftwing atheist.
- Daughter Lauren Rose Crace is an actress.
- Announced retirement after Harvest but returned.