James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (1941) Winner
Joyce Cary
ジョイス・キャリー
Joisu Kyarī
Aliases:
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary
Pen Names:
Thomas Joyce（Short stories published in The Saturday Evening Post during African service）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1888-12-07 （Derry, Ulster, Ireland）
- Died
- 1957-03-29 （Oxford） age 68
- Nationality
- British, Irish
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Derry, Ireland → London, England → Nigeria → Oxford, England
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, colonial administrator
- Active Years
- 1912-1957
- Affiliations
- Nigerian Political Service
- Influenced By
- John Middleton Murry
- Influenced
- Chinua Achebe
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton College | — | Dakyns House | — | 幼少期 | England |
| Edinburgh art school | — | — | — | 1906頃 | Scotland |
| Trinity College, Oxford | — | — | fourth class degree | — | England |
Clifton College
Dakyns House
Period:
幼少期
Country:
England
Attended during childhood with health issues
Edinburgh art school
Period:
1906頃
Country:
Scotland
Studied art briefly
Trinity College, Oxford
Degree:
fourth class degree
Year of Graduation:
1910
Country:
England
Neglected studies, graduated with fourth class degree
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | A House of Children | — | University of Edinburgh | winner |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1941
Work:
A House of Children
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Mister Johnson
1939 novelNovel about a Nigerian clerk aspiring to British ways, written entirely in present tense.
colonialismhumanityambition
Adaptations
- [film] Mister Johnson / Bruce Beresford (1990)
The Horse's Mouth
1944 novelFinal part of first trilogy, narrated by painter Gulley Jimson. Cary's most popular novel.
artfreedomsocial change
Adaptations
- [film] The Horse's Mouth / Ronald Neame (1958)
A House of Children
1941 fictional memoirFictionalized memoir of childhood in Ulster.
familyIrelanddisplacement
Bibliography
- Verse (1908)
- Aissa Saved (1932)
- An American Visitor (1933)
- The African Witch (1936)
- Castle Corner (1938)
- Mister Johnson (1939)
- Charley is My Darling (1940)
- A House of Children (1941)
- Herself Surprised (1941)
- To Be a Pilgrim (1942)
- The Horse's Mouth (1944)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- complex narrative formspresent tensemultiple perspectives
- Recurring Motifs
- freedom and powercolonial experiencedisplacement and lossAfrica
Health
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asthma幼少期から生涯Recurrent throughout life
-
nearly blind in one eye幼少期Wore monocle in twenties
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motor neuron disease (ALS)1952-1957Progressive paralysis, resorted to pen tied to hand then dictation, ceased writing
Legacy
Anglo-Irish novelist noted for African colonial novels and trilogies on freedom and social change. The Horse's Mouth is most famous. Papers and library donated to Bodleian Library.
Archives
- Bodleian Library, Oxford
In Popular Culture
- Blue plaque in Derry
Trivia
- Father of composer Tristram Cary and civil servant Sir Michael Cary
- Served as Red Cross orderly in Balkan Wars in Montenegro
- Wounded in Battle of Mount Mora in Cameroon during WWI