M-Net Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1994) Winner
Justin Cartwright
ジャスチン・カートライト
Jasutin Kātoraito
Aliases:
Justin James Cartwright
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1943-05-20 （Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa）
- Died
- 2018-12-03 （London） age 75
- Nationality
- South African, British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Johannesburg, South Africa → London, United Kingdom
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Director, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1972-2018
- Affiliations
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Influenced By
- Joseph Conrad
- Nominations
- Booker Prize shortlist (In Every Face I Meet, 1995), Whitbread Novel Award shortlist (In Every Face I Meet, 1995), Whitbread Novel Award shortlist (White Lightning, 2002)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity College, Oxford | — | Literature | — | — | United Kingdom |
Trinity College, Oxford
Literature
Country:
United Kingdom
Educated also in South Africa and the United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) | — | — | British Monarchy | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Commonwealth Writers Prize | In Every Face I Meet | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Whitbread Novel Award | Leading the Cheers | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Hawthornden Prize | The Promise of Happiness | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Sunday Times Fiction Prize | The Promise of Happiness | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1993 | M-Net Literary Awards | Masai Dreaming | — | — | 受賞 |
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
1988
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
受賞
Commonwealth Writers Prize
1995
Work:
In Every Face I Meet
Result:
受賞
Whitbread Novel Award
1998
Work:
Leading the Cheers
Result:
受賞
Hawthornden Prize
2005
Work:
The Promise of Happiness
Result:
受賞
Sunday Times Fiction Prize
2005
Work:
The Promise of Happiness
Result:
受賞
M-Net Literary Awards
1993
Work:
Masai Dreaming
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (1998) Winner
Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 65 (2005) Winner
Barry Ronge Fiction Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2005) Winner
Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
In Every Face I Meet
1995 NovelA novel set in contemporary times suffused with big philosophical questions.
Existential questionsContemporary society
Leading the Cheers
1998 NovelWinner of the Whitbread Novel Award.
The Promise of Happiness
2005 NovelExplores the promise of happiness. Selected for Richard & Judy's Book Club.
Bibliography
- Deep Six (1972)
- Fighting Men (1977)
- Horse of Darius (1980)
- Freedom for the Wolves (1983)
- Interior (1988)
- Look at it This Way (1990)
- Masai Dreaming (1993)
- In Every Face I Meet (1995)
- Leading the Cheers (1998)
- Half in Love (2001)
- White Lightning (2002)
- The Promise of Happiness (2005)
- The Song Before it is Sung (2007)
- To Heaven by Water (2009)
- Other People's Money (2011)
- Lion Heart (2013)
- Up Against the Night (2015)
- Not Yet Home (1997, non-fiction)
- This Secret Garden (2008, non-fiction)
- Oxford Revisited (2008, non-fiction)
Adaptations
- Look at It This Way (1992, BBC TV mini-series)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Suffuses contemporary settings with big existential questions
- Recurring Motifs
- Recurring character Timothy Curtiz (early three novels)African themes
Legacy
South African-born British novelist known for infusing contemporary novels with profound philosophical questions. Multiple literary awards and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Trivia
- Father was editor of the Rand Daily Mail newspaper.
- Brother partly inspired the character Timothy Curtiz, referencing Kurtz from Conrad's Heart of Darkness.