Betty Trask Prize and Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1996) Winner
John Lanchester
ジョン・ランチェスター
Jon Ranchesutā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962-02-25 （Hamburg）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Hamburg → Hong Kong → England → London
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, novelist
- Active Years
- 1996-2024
- Affiliations
- London Review of Books, Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (2002)
- Influenced
- J. G. Ballard
- Nominations
- Booker Prize longlist (2019, The Wall)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gresham's School | — | — | — | 1972-1980 | United Kingdom |
| St John's College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Gresham's School
Period:
1972-1980
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
United Kingdom
St John's College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Whitbread Book Award | The Debt to Pleasure | First Novel | Whitbread | winner |
| 1997 | Hawthornden Prize | The Debt to Pleasure | — | — | winner |
| 2008 | E. M. Forster Award | — | — | — | winner |
Whitbread Book Award
1996
Work:
The Debt to Pleasure
Category:
First Novel
Organization:
Whitbread
Result:
winner
Hawthornden Prize
1997
Work:
The Debt to Pleasure
Result:
winner
E. M. Forster Award
2008
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 26 (1996) Winner
Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 57 (1997) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Debt to Pleasure
1996 Literary fictionA witty and dark novel narrated by a food-obsessed Englishman on a journey in France, revealing his monstrous nature.
gastronomymurderidentity
Mr Phillips
2000 Literary fictionA day in the life of a redundant middle-aged accountant wandering London.
unemploymentmiddle-ageLondon
Fragrant Harbour
2002 Literary fictionStories of immigrants in Hong Kong across decades.
immigrationHong Konghistory
Capital
2012 Literary fictionSatirical portrait of Londoners on one street during the financial crisis.
financial crisisimmigrationcelebrity
Adaptations
- [TV series] Capital (2015)
The Wall
2019 Dystopian fictionDystopian near-future Britain with a coastal wall against refugees amid climate change.
climate changerefugeesintergenerational guilt
Bibliography
- The Debt to Pleasure
- Mr Phillips
- Fragrant Harbour
- Capital
- The Wall
- Reality and Other Stories
- Family Romance
- Whoops! Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay
- What We Talk About When We Talk About the Tube: The District Line
- How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say—And What It Really Means
Adaptations
- Capital (BBC TV series, 2015)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satiricalwittyobservant
- Recurring Motifs
- financesocial inequalitycontemporary life
Legacy
Renowned for satirical novels addressing financial crises, climate change, and modern society; influential journalist and novelist in British literature.