Betty Trask Prize and Awards
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Edition 40 (2023) Winner
Maddie Mortimer
マディ・モーティマー
Maddie Mortimer
Aliases:
Madeleine Mortimer
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1996 （West London）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- West London
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer
- Active Years
- 2022-
- Influenced By
- Katie Pearson
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latymer Upper School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Bristol | Faculty of Arts | Department of English | — | — | United Kingdom |
Latymer Upper School
Country:
United Kingdom
Secondary school
University of Bristol
Faculty of Arts
/ Department of English
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied English Literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Booker Prize | Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies | — | — | Longlisted |
| 2022 | Desmond Elliott Prize | Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies | — | — | Won |
| 2022 | Goldsmiths Prize | Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies | — | — | Shortlisted |
| 2022 | Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award | Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies | — | — | Shortlisted |
| 2023 | Betty Trask Prize | Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies | — | — | Won |
Booker Prize
2022
Work:
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
Result:
Longlisted
Desmond Elliott Prize
2022
Work:
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
Result:
Won
Goldsmiths Prize
2022
Work:
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
Result:
Shortlisted
Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award
2022
Work:
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
Result:
Shortlisted
Betty Trask Prize
2023
Work:
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
2022 Literary fictionDescribed as an elegy to her mum, the novel focuses on Lia, a woman with a shapeshifting cancer, exploring memory, mother-daughter relationships, and coming to terms with death by moving between her past and present.
memorymother-daughter relationshipsdeathcancer
Bibliography
- Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (2022)
Legacy
An English novelist who garnered acclaim with her debut novel Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, winning the Desmond Elliott Prize and being shortlisted or longlisted for several major literary prizes.
Trivia
- Her mother was writer and filmmaker Katie Pearson who died of cancer in 2010. She has worked in marketing and as a screenwriter.