Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize (Newdigate Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1960) Winner
John Fuller
ジョン・フラー
John Fuller
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-01-01 （Ashford, Kent, England, UK）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ashford, Kent (birth) → New York state (taught at State University of New York) → Manchester (taught at University of Manchester) → Oxford (Fellow of Magdalen College)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Author, Academic
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- State University of New York (teaching), Victoria University / University of Manchester, Magdalen College, Oxford, Royal Society of Literature (Fellow), Sycamore Press (founder)
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Influenced By
- Roy Fuller (father), W. H. Auden (influence as subject of study and editing)
- Influenced
- Young poets published via the Sycamore Press, Later British poets (as a model for small-press publishing)
- Nominations
- Booker Prize (for 'Flying to Nowhere', 1983)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's School (London) | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| New College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
St Paul's School (London)
Country:
United Kingdom
Secondary education
New College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied at the University of Oxford
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Whitbread First Novel Award | Flying to Nowhere | First Novel | Whitbread Book Awards (now Costa) | winner |
| 1983 | Booker Prize (nomination) | Flying to Nowhere | — | Booker Prize | nominated |
| 1996 | Forward Prize for Poetry | Stones and Fires | Poetry | Forward Prizes | winner |
| 2006 | Michael Braude Award for Light Verse | — | Light Verse | American Academy of Arts and Letters | winner |
| 1973 | Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize | Epistles to Several Persons | — | Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize | winner |
| 1980 | Southern Arts Literature Prize | The Illusionists | — | Southern Arts | winner |
| 1967 | Poetry Book Society Choice | The Tree that Walked | — | Poetry Book Society | selected |
| 1983 | Poetry Book Society Choice | The Beautiful Inventions | — | Poetry Book Society | selected |
| — | Fellowship of the Royal Society of Literature | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | fellow |
Whitbread First Novel Award
1983
Work:
Flying to Nowhere
Category:
First Novel
Organization:
Whitbread Book Awards (now Costa)
Result:
winner
Booker Prize (nomination)
1983
Work:
Flying to Nowhere
Organization:
Booker Prize
Result:
nominated
Forward Prize for Poetry
1996
Work:
Stones and Fires
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Forward Prizes
Result:
winner
Michael Braude Award for Light Verse
2006
Category:
Light Verse
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
winner
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
1973
Work:
Epistles to Several Persons
Organization:
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Result:
winner
Southern Arts Literature Prize
1980
Work:
The Illusionists
Organization:
Southern Arts
Result:
winner
Poetry Book Society Choice
1967
Work:
The Tree that Walked
Organization:
Poetry Book Society
Result:
selected
Poetry Book Society Choice
1983
Work:
The Beautiful Inventions
Organization:
Poetry Book Society
Result:
selected
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Literature
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
fellow
Awards & Nominations
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1983) Winner
Forward Prizes for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1996) Winner
Michael Braude Award for Light Verse
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (2006) Winner
Works
Major Works
Stones and Fires
1996 Poetry collectionA mid-career poetry collection addressing varied themes; winner of the Forward Prize in 1996.
memorynaturefamily
The Dice Cup
2014 Poetry collectionA late poetry collection containing short poems where the everyday intersects with the imaginative.
chancememorythe quotidian
Flying to Nowhere
1983 Fiction (historical fantasy)A historical-fantasy novel; winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Booker Prize.
historyfantasyjourney
Bibliography
- Fairground Music (1961)
- The Tree that Walked (1967)
- Cannibals and Missionaries (1972)
- Epistles to Several Persons (1973)
- The Illusionists (1980)
- Flying to Nowhere (1983)
- Stones and Fires (1996)
- The Dice Cup (2014)
- Gravel in My Shoe (2015)
- Asleep and Awake (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical and conversational styleOften uses surreal and allegorical imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and the pastmusic and rhythmlandscape and naturefamily and generations
Legacy
Beyond his achievements as a poet and author, he significantly influenced contemporary British poetry through the Sycamore Press (founded 1968) and his long teaching career. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Literature
Archives
- Bodleian Library (holds materials related to the Sycamore Press)
In Popular Culture
- Referenced in literary history and librarianship as a model of small-press publishing
Trivia
- Founded the Sycamore Press in 1968 and ran it from his garage until 1992.
- His father was the poet Roy Fuller.
- Won the Whitbread First Novel Award for 'Flying to Nowhere' and was nominated for the Booker Prize.