Betty Trask Prize and Awards
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Edition 21 (2004) Winner
Louise Dean
ルイーズ・ディーン
Ruīzu Dīn
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Croydon, UK → Hong Kong → New York, USA → Provence, France → Kent, UK
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, advertising planner, founder of creative writing school
- Active Years
- 2002-2024
- Affiliations
- The Novelry
- Influenced
- J. M. Coetzee
- Nominations
- Guardian First Book Award longlist, International Dublin Literary Award longlist, Booker Prize longlist, Costa Book Awards Short Story finalist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Downing College, Cambridge | — | History Department | 歴史学学士 | 1988-1992頃 | United Kingdom |
Cranbrook School
Country:
United Kingdom
Downing College, Cambridge
History Department
Degree:
歴史学学士
Period:
1988-1992頃
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United Kingdom
May Ball President in 1991
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Betty Trask Award | Becoming Strangers | 新人賞 | Society of Authors | winner |
| 2006 | Le Prince Maurice Prize | Becoming Strangers | — | — | winner |
Betty Trask Award
2005
Work:
Becoming Strangers
Category:
新人賞
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Le Prince Maurice Prize
2006
Work:
Becoming Strangers
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Becoming Strangers
2004 Literary fictionA story of an elderly couple facing marital crisis on honeymoon.
marriageagingcultural clash
This Human Season
2006 Historical fictionSet during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, a family's story.
conflictfamilysuffering
The Idea of Love
2008 Literary fictionA pharmaceutical salesman's breakdown while selling antidepressants.
mental illnesslovedespair
The Old Romantic
2010 HumourA widower tries to reunite his family while romancing an undertaker.
familydeathfreedom
Bibliography
- Becoming Strangers (2004)
- This Human Season (2006)
- The Idea of Love (2008)
- The Old Romantic (2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- tragicomic subtletypin-sharp ear for dialoguenuance of character and class
- Recurring Motifs
- familydeathloverough music of everyday life
Legacy
Acclaimed English author praised by Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee. Founded The Novelry, a worldwide creative writing school.
Quotes
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With clear-eyed compassion, and with all the resources of the novelist's art, Louise Dean leads us through those terrible days when for a while Belfast was a vortex for the worst of the world's cruelty and pain.
Source: J. M. Coetzee (2006)
Trivia
- Praised by Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee.
- Hosted by Tilda Swinton at Le Prince Maurice Prize ceremony.
- Named one of the world's five most underrated authors by The Wall Street Journal.