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Madeleine Bunting

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Madeleine Bunting

別名: Clare Bunting / Madeleine Clare J. Bunting

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1964-03 (Oswaldkirk, North Yorkshire, England)
国籍
British
言語
English
宗教
Christianity
居住地歴
North Yorkshire, England → London, England

経歴

職業
writer, journalist, columnist, associate editor
活動期間
1988年〜2024年
所属
The Guardian, BBC, Demos
影響を受けた人物
John Bunting
ノミネート
Ondaatje Prize shortlisted (2010, The Plot), Golden Beer Wainwright Prize shortlisted (Love of Country), Saltire Society Prize shortlisted (Love of Country)

学歴

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
History
国: United Kingdom
Read history
Harvard University
Politics
学位: Knox postgraduate fellowship
国: United States
Knox postgraduate fellowship

受賞歴

Portico Prize
2010
対象作品: The Plot
結果: winner
Waverton Good Read Award
2019
対象作品: Island Song
部門: debut novel
結果: winner
Lambeth degree
2006
部門: honorary
主催: Archbishop of Canterbury
結果: awarded
Honorary Fellowship from Cardiff University
2013
主催: Cardiff University
結果: awarded

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Model Occupation: The Channel Islands Under German Rule, 1940-45

1995年 Non-fiction

Examines the German occupation of the Channel Islands during WWII, accusing islanders of passive collaboration.

WWII occupationcollaborationChannel Islands

The Plot: A Biography of an English Acre

2009年 Non-fiction

Traces the human use of one acre of land on the edge of the North York Moors over thousands of years, including her family's use.

land historyfamily heritagenatural beauty

Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey

2016年 Non-fiction

Explores the relationship between England and Scotland through journeys in the Hebrides.

national identityHebrideshistory

Island Song

2019年 Novel

Her debut novel, winner of the Waverton Good Read Award.

island lifefamily

Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care

2020年 Non-fiction

Analysis of the crisis of care.

caresocial issues

全著作

  • The Model Occupation: The Channel Islands Under German Rule, 1940-45 (1995)
  • Willing Slaves: How the Overwork Culture is Ruling Our Lives (2004)
  • The Plot: A Biography of an English Acre (2009)
  • Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey (2016)
  • Labours of Love, The Crisis of Care (2020)
  • The Seaside: England's Love Affair (2023)
  • Island Song (2019)
  • Ceremony of Innocence (2022)

作風・主題

文体
detailed historical and social analysisblending of personal narrativeliberal perspective on religion
頻出モチーフ
land and historycare and social changeloss of faith

評価・遺産

Contemporary British writer known for non-fiction and novels on history, social issues, care crisis, and religion. Multiple award winner with influence through The Guardian and BBC.

引用

  • The New Atheists loathe religion far too much to plausibly challenge it.
    出典: The Guardian (2007年)

豆知識

  • Ancestry includes English, Irish, Scottish, Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish.
  • Fourth of five children, youngest daughter.
  • Father was sculptor John Bunting.