Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (2000) Winner
Lorna Sage
ローナ・セイジ
Rōna Seiji
Aliases:
Lorna Stockton
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1943-01-13 （Hanmer, Wales）
- Died
- 2001-01-11 （London, England） age 57
- Nationality
- English, British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Flintshire, Wales (childhood) → Whitchurch, Shropshire → Durham University → University of Birmingham → Norwich, Norfolk (University of East Anglia) → Near Florence (sabbatical)
Career
- Occupations
- author, literary critic, academic
- Active Years
- 1959-2001
- Affiliations
- University of East Anglia
- Influenced
- Angela Carter
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitchurch High School | — | Girls' High School | — | — | England |
| Durham University | St Aidan's College | English | BA (First Class Honours) | 1959-1964 | England |
| University of Birmingham | — | English Literature | MA | — | England |
Whitchurch High School
Girls' High School
Country:
England
Whitchurch, Shropshire
Durham University
St Aidan's College
/ English
Degree:
BA (First Class Honours)
Period:
1959-1964
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
England
Admitted as married student
University of Birmingham
English Literature
Degree:
MA
Country:
England
Thesis: 'Poems on Poetry in the 17th Century'
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Whitbread Biography Award | Bad Blood | Biography of the Year | Whitbread | Winner |
Whitbread Biography Award
2001
Work:
Bad Blood
Category:
Biography of the Year
Organization:
Whitbread
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bad Blood
2000 AutobiographyMemoir recounting her childhood in a dysfunctional family with warped behavior passed down generations.
family dysfunctionwomen's experiencesrural life
Bibliography
- Peacock: The Satirical Novels
- Doris Lessing
- Last Edwardians: An Illustrated History of Violet Trefusis & Alice Keppel
- Angela Carter
- Women in the House of Fiction
- Flesh and the Mirror: Essays on the Art of Angela Carter
- The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English
- Bad Blood
- Moments of Truth: Twelve Twentieth Century Women Writers
- Good as her word: Selected Journalism
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- critical insightpromotion of women's writing
- Recurring Motifs
- family dynamicsgender roles
Health
-
Emphysema晩年数年間Cause of death, affected writing
Legacy
Known for scholarship on women's writing and memoir Bad Blood, Whitbread winner. Professor at UEA, editor of Cambridge Guide.
Archives
- Lorna Sage Archive, University of East Anglia
In Popular Culture
- Mentioned in daughter's Guardian article
Trivia
- Pregnant and married at 16, continued to university. First married student at Durham's St Aidan's.
- Graduation featured on Daily Mail front page.