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Matt Thorne
マット・ソーン
Matt Thorne
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1974 （United Kingdom）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bristol (grew up) → Egham, Surrey (Royal Holloway affiliation)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer, Journalist, Creative Writing Lecturer
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Affiliations
- First Story (writer-in-residence), Royal Holloway, University of London (Senior Lecturer)
- Influenced By
- Richard Jefferies, Nicholas Blincoe (co-founder of New Puritans)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Encore Award | Eight Minutes Idle | — | Encore Awards | Winner |
| 2004 | Booker Prize | Cherry | — | Booker Prize Foundation | Longlisted |
Encore Award
1999
Work:
Eight Minutes Idle
Organization:
Encore Awards
Result:
Winner
Booker Prize
2004
Work:
Cherry
Organization:
Booker Prize Foundation
Result:
Longlisted
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Tourist
1998 FictionA novel critiquing the negative effects of tourism, set around Weston-super-Mare, exploring the social and cultural impact of seaside tourism.
tourism and communitychange in provincial towns
Eight Minutes Idle
1999 Fiction (black comedy)A novel drawing on Thorne's experience working in a call centre, exploring the frustrations of modern work and youth culture with dark humor.
workplaceyouthidentity
Adaptations
- [Film] 8 Minutes Idle (2014)
Cherry
2004 FictionA novel that examines urban anxieties and relationships; it was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2004.
urban lifealienationrelationships
39 Castles (series)
Young adult / dystopiaA YA trilogy set in an imagined future England where contemporary society has collapsed and communities have reverted to earlier, quasi-medieval ways.
collapse and renewalcommunityadventure
Prince
2012 Non-fiction (biography)A biography of the artist Prince, exploring his music and persona.
musiccelebrityart and private life
Bibliography
- Tourist (1998)
- Eight Minutes Idle (1999)
- Cherry (2004)
- 39 Castles (series)
- Prince (2012)
Adaptations
- 8 Minutes Idle - film adaptation (2014, BBC Films)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Plain, contemporary proseRealist-driven depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- collapsed societies and reconstructionsuburban and provincial landscapesday-to-day life and youth/workmusic (in biographical work)
Legacy
Matt Thorne is known in contemporary British literature for a diverse body of work spanning YA fiction, novels, biography and scripts. He won the Encore Award for Eight Minutes Idle and was longlisted for the Booker Prize for Cherry. He is also known as a co-founder of the New Puritans movement.
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptation of Eight Minutes Idle (2014) and related presence in screen culture
Trivia
- Known for Eight Minutes Idle, drawn from his experience working in a call centre.
- Co-founded the New Puritans movement with Nicholas Blincoe.
- Authored a biography of the artist Prince.
- Serves as a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.