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Lloyd Jones

ロイド・デイヴィッド・ジョーンズ

Roido Deividdo Jonzu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1955-03-23 （Lower Hutt, New Zealand）
Nationality
New Zealand
Languages
English
Residence History
Lower Hutt (birthplace) → Wellington (residence) → Adelaide (residency) → Berlin (residency)

Career

Occupations
Author, Journalist
Active Years
1980-

Education

Hutt Valley High School
Country: New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington
Political Science / Department of Political Science
Degree: 学士（政治学）
Period: 1970年代–2007
Year of Graduation: 2007
Country: New Zealand
Initially unable to graduate due to library fines; completed degree in 2007

Awards

Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Overall Best Book)
2007
Work: Mister Pip
Category: Overall Best Book
Organization: Commonwealth Foundation
Result: winner
Man Booker Prize
2007
Work: Mister Pip
Category: フィクション
Organization: The Booker Prizes
Result: shortlisted
Montana Book Awards (Deutz Medal for Fiction)
2003
Work: The Book of Fame
Category: フィクション
Organization: Montana Book Awards
Result: winner
Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize
2003
Work: The Book of Fame
Organization: Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize
Result: winner
Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship
1988
Organization: Meridian Energy / Katherine Mansfield Fellowship
Result: recipient
Kiriyama Prize
2008
Work: Mister Pip
Organization: Kiriyama Prize
Result: winner
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
2008
Organization: Creative New Zealand
Result: recipient
Montana Medal for Fiction and Montana Readers' Choice Award
2007
Work: Mister Pip
Organization: Montana Book Awards
Result: winner
New Zealand Post Book Honour (Children's)
2004
Work: Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer
Category: 児童書
Organization: New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Result: winner
Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency
2007
Category: Residency
Organization: Creative New Zealand
Result: recipient
Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate
2008
Organization: Arts Foundation of New Zealand
Result: laureate
Antarctica New Zealand Arts Fellowship
2008
Category: Fellowship
Organization: Antarctica New Zealand
Result: recipient

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gilmore's Dairy

1985 Novel (satire)

A satirical novel about a young man growing up in a small New Zealand town.

suburban lifecoming of agehumour and satire

Splinter

1988 Novel

Set in Lower Hutt, follows two main narratives — one about an early immigrant and another about a magazine editor.

immigrationcity and suburbiaidentity

Swimming to Australia, and Other Stories

1991 Short fiction collection

A collection of short stories; shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction in 1991.

identitymovementfamily

The Book of Fame

2000 Novel

A novel exploring fame and memory; adapted for the stage.

memoryfamehistory and the individual
Adaptations
  • [Theatre] The Book of Fame (stage adaptation) / Carl Nixon (adaptation by) (2003)

Mister Pip

2006 Novel

Set during the Bougainville Civil War in Papua New Guinea in the early 1990s; a novel about imagination and survival that won international recognition.

war and violencethe power of imagination and storytellingeducation and children
Adaptations
  • [Film] Mister Pip (film) / Andrew Adamson (2012)

A History of Silence: A memoir

2013 Memoir

A memoir prompted by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, investigating family history and silence.

family historymemoryexposure of silence

The Cage

2018 Novel

One of his more recent novels; details omitted.

The Fish

2022 Novel

Published in 2022; detailed information not provided here.

Bibliography

  • Gilmore's Dairy (1985)
  • Splinter (1988)
  • Swimming to Australia, and Other Stories (1991)
  • Biografi: An Albanian Quest (1993)
  • This House Has Three Walls (1997)
  • Choo Woo (1998)
  • Book of Fame (2000)
  • Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance (2002)
  • Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer (2003)
  • Everything You Need to Know about the World by Simon Eliot (illustrated by Timon Maxey, 2004)
  • Paint Your Wife (2004)
  • Mister Pip (2006)
  • Hand Me Down World (2010)
  • The Man in the Shed (2011)
  • A History of Silence: A memoir (2013)
  • The Cage (2018)
  • The Fish (2022)

Adaptations

  • Film adaptation of Mister Pip (dir. Andrew Adamson, 2012)
  • Stage adaptation of The Book of Fame (adapted by Carl Nixon, 2003)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
blend of suburban realism and black comedynarrative-driven, character-focused storytellingconcise and clear prose
Recurring Motifs
family history and silencememory and the power of storytellingidentity and displacement

Legacy

Lloyd Jones is one of New Zealand's leading authors; international success with works such as Mister Pip brought him wide recognition. His explorations of family history and memory have had influence both domestically and abroad.

Trivia

  • His older brother is property investor and former politician Sir Bob Jones.
  • His partner is Australian writer Carrie Tiffany.
  • His son Avi Duckor-Jones won the first season of Survivor NZ in 2017.
  • Another son, Sam Duckor-Jones, is an artist and poet.
  • He completed his Victoria University degree in 2007 after earlier being unable to graduate due to library fines.