Betty Trask Prize and Awards
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Edition 7 (1990) Winner
Nicholas Shakespeare
ニコラス・シェイクスピア
Nikorasu Shēkusupia
Aliases:
Nicholas William Richmond Shakespeare
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-03-03 （Worcester, Worcestershire, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Worcester, England → Far East → South America (Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Morocco)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, biographer, journalist, literary editor
- Active Years
- 1984-
- Affiliations
- BBC, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford
- Nominations
- Booker Prize longlist (The High Flyer, 1993), Booker Prize longlist (Snowleg, 2004), Dublin IMPAC Award longlist (Inheritance, 2010)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon School | — | preparatory school | — | 幼少期 | United Kingdom |
| Winchester College | — | — | — | 高校時代 | United Kingdom |
| Magdalene College, Cambridge | — | Literature | — | 1970年代後半 | United Kingdom |
Dragon School
preparatory school
Period:
幼少期
Country:
United Kingdom
Prep school in Oxford
Winchester College
Period:
高校時代
Country:
United Kingdom
Public school
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Literature
Period:
1970年代後半
Country:
United Kingdom
Alma mater
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Somerset Maugham Award | The Vision of Elena Silves | — | Society of Authors | won |
| 1989 | Betty Trask Award | The Vision of Elena Silves | — | — | won |
| 1995 | American Library Association Award for the Best Novel of the Year | The Dancer Upstairs | — | American Library Association | won |
| 2007 | Tasmania Book Prize | In Tasmania | — | — | won |
| 2024 | CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction | Ian Fleming: The Complete Man | Non-Fiction | Crime Writers' Association | won |
Somerset Maugham Award
1989
Work:
The Vision of Elena Silves
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
won
Betty Trask Award
1989
Work:
The Vision of Elena Silves
Result:
won
American Library Association Award for the Best Novel of the Year
1995
Work:
The Dancer Upstairs
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
won
Tasmania Book Prize
2007
Work:
In Tasmania
Result:
won
CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
2024
Work:
Ian Fleming: The Complete Man
Category:
Non-Fiction
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Dancer Upstairs
1995 novelA political thriller dealing with Abimael Guzmán, leader of Peru's Shining Path.
political terrorismpursuitSouth America
Adaptations
- [film] The Dancer Upstairs / John Malkovich (2002)
Translations
- translated into 22 languages
Bibliography
- The Men Who Would Be King: A Look at Royalty in Exile (1984)
- Londoners (1986)
- The Vision of Elena Silves (1989)
- The High Flyer (1993)
- The Dancer Upstairs (1995)
- Bruce Chatwin (1999)
- Snowleg (2004)
- In Tasmania (2004)
- Secrets of the Sea (2007)
- Inheritance (2010)
- Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin (2010)
- Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France (2014)
- Oddfellows (2015)
- Stories from Other Places (2016)
- Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister (2017)
- The Sandpit (2020)
- Ian Fleming: The Complete Man (2023)
Translations of Works
- Novels translated into 22 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Placing ordinary people against a background of significant eventsNarrative set in detailed historical and political contexts
- Recurring Motifs
- Cold Warpolitical upheavalSouth American turmoilexploration and travel
Legacy
Described by the Wall Street Journal as 'one of the best English novelists of our time'. Known for biographies and charity work, with works translated into 22 languages.
In Popular Culture
- French presidential candidate François Hollande mistakenly quoted him as William Shakespeare.
Trivia
- Great-uncle is politician Geoffrey Shakespeare.
- Patron of Anita Goulden Trust helping children in Piura, Peru.
- Named one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists (1993).