Betty Trask Prize and Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (2006) Winner
Nick Laird
ニック・レアード
Nikku Reādo
Aliases:
Nicholas Laird
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1975 （Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland）
- Nationality
- Northern Irish, British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cookstown, Northern Ireland → Cambridge → London → Rome → New York City → Queen's Park, London
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Lawyer
- Active Years
- 2005-2024
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Seamus Heaney, Ian McEwan, Nick Hornby
- Nominations
- Forward Prize for Best First Collection (To a Fault), T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist (Feel Free)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge | — | English | first-class degree | — | United Kingdom |
| Local comprehensive school | — | — | — | — | Northern Ireland |
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
English
Degree:
first-class degree
Country:
United Kingdom
Initially studied Law but switched to English, won Arthur Quiller-Couch Award for Creative Writing.
Local comprehensive school
Country:
Northern Ireland
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Somerset Maugham Award | On Purpose | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize | On Purpose | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Jerwood Aldeburgh Prize | To a Fault | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Betty Trask Prize | Utterly Monkey | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Rooney Prize for Irish Literature | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Eric Gregory Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Somerset Maugham Award
2008
Work:
On Purpose
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
2008
Work:
On Purpose
Result:
受賞
Jerwood Aldeburgh Prize
2005
Work:
To a Fault
Result:
受賞
Betty Trask Prize
2005
Work:
Utterly Monkey
Result:
受賞
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
2005
Result:
受賞
Eric Gregory Award
2004
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
Forward Prizes for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2022) Excellence Award
Works
Major Works
Utterly Monkey
2005 NovelFollows two childhood friends from Northern Ireland amid The Troubles.
FriendshipThe TroublesIdentity
Glover's Mistake
2009 NovelExplores relationships, art, and jealousy involving an artist and roommates.
JealousyArtRelationships
Modern Gods
2017 NovelTo a Fault
2005 Poetry collectionFirst poetry collection.
On Purpose
2007 Poetry collectionExplores relationships, inspired by The Art of War.
Go Giants
2013 Poetry collectionFeel Free
2018 Poetry collectionUp Late
2023 Poetry collectionBibliography
- Utterly Monkey (2005)
- Glover's Mistake (2009)
- Modern Gods (2017)
- To a Fault (2005)
- On Purpose (2007)
- Go Giants (2013)
- Feel Free (2018)
- Up Late (2023)
- Weirdo (2021, with Zadie Smith)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic proseSharp depictions of relationships
- Recurring Motifs
- Northern Irish identityLegacy of The TroublesMale-female relationships
Legacy
Northern Irish novelist and poet, married to Zadie Smith, multiple award winner.
Trivia
- Married to Zadie Smith since 2004, two children.
- Brother-in-law is rapper Doc Brown.