Costa Book Awards
3回登壇
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第25回（1995年） Winner
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第43回（2013年） Winner
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第45回（2015年） Winner
Kate Atkinson
ケイト・アトキンソン
Keito Atokin son
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1951-12-20 （York）
- 国籍
- British, English
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- York, England → Dundee, Scotland → Edinburgh, Scotland
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, playwright, short story writer
- 活動期間
- 1995年〜2024年
- 所属団体
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- ノミネート
- CWA Gold Dagger 2009 (When Will There Be Good News?)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Dundee | — | English literature | MA | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Dundee | — | American literature | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Dundee
English literature
学位:
MA
卒業年:
1974
国:
United Kingdom
Master's degree in English literature
University of Dundee
American literature
国:
United Kingdom
PhD candidacy, failed viva voce
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Whitbread Book Award | Behind the Scenes at the Museum | Book of the Year | Whitbread | winner |
| 2013 | Costa Book Award | Life After Life | Novel | Costa Coffee | winner |
| 2015 | Costa Book Award | A God in Ruins | Novel | Costa Coffee | winner |
| 2011 | Member of the Order of the British Empire | — | — | British Monarchy | awarded |
| 2005 | Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year | Case Histories | — | Saltire Society | winner |
Whitbread Book Award
1995
対象作品:
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
部門:
Book of the Year
主催:
Whitbread
結果:
winner
Costa Book Award
2013
対象作品:
Life After Life
部門:
Novel
主催:
Costa Coffee
結果:
winner
Costa Book Award
2015
対象作品:
A God in Ruins
部門:
Novel
主催:
Costa Coffee
結果:
winner
Member of the Order of the British Empire
2011
主催:
British Monarchy
結果:
awarded
Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year
2005
対象作品:
Case Histories
主催:
Saltire Society
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
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第2回（1996年） Winner
作品
代表作
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
1995年 historical novelA tragicomic novel based on the childhood memories of Ruby Lennox, telling the story of a family during World War I and II.
familyhistorywar
映像化・舞台化
- [radio]
- [stage]
- [television] / Kate Atkinson (screenplay)
Case Histories
2004年 detective novelFirst novel featuring private investigator Jackson Brodie.
detectivecrimepast
映像化・舞台化
- [TV series] Case Histories (2011)
Life After Life
2013年 historical fiction/science fictionUrsula Todd dies and is reborn multiple times in 1910, her choices affecting history.
reincarnationhistorychoice
映像化・舞台化
- [TV drama] Life After Life (2022)
A God in Ruins
2015年 historical novelMore realistic account of Ursula's brother Teddy Todd, an RAF pilot in WWII.
warfamilylife
全著作
- Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995)
- Human Croquet (1997)
- Emotionally Weird (2000)
- Case Histories (2004)
- One Good Turn (2006)
- When Will There Be Good News? (2008)
- Not the End of the World (2002)
- Started Early, Took My Dog (2010)
- Life After Life (2013)
- A God in Ruins (2015)
- Transcription (2018)
- Big Sky (2019)
- Shrines of Gaiety (2022)
- Normal Rules Don't Apply (2023)
- Death at the Sign of the Rook (2024)
翻案
- Jackson Brodie series adapted as Case Histories TV series on BBC One
作風・主題
- 文体
- postmodernmagical realismhistorical noveldetective novelfamily novelironic narrative
- 頻出モチーフ
- role of chance in lifejusticehidden past eventsamnesiachronological play
評価・遺産
Kate Atkinson is a prominent British author who has won the Whitbread/Costa Book Awards multiple times. Known for blending historical, detective, and family novels with postmodern and magical realist elements. Her Jackson Brodie series was adapted for TV.
関連学会
- Royal Society of Literature
大衆文化への影響
- Jackson Brodie series adapted into BBC's Case Histories
- Life After Life adapted into 2022 BBC drama
豆知識
- Only child, born out of wedlock
- Has two children
- Signed books at Edinburgh International Book Festival (2007)