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第19回（1993年） Winner
Nicola Barker
ニコラ・バーカー
Nicola Barker
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1966-03-30 （Ely, Cambridgeshire, England）
- 国籍
- British
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- South Africa (childhood) → United Kingdom
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Short story writer
- 活動期間
- 1994年〜2025年
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award | Love Your Enemies | — | PEN/Macmillan | co-winner |
| 1993 | David Higham Prize for Fiction | Love Your Enemies | — | David Higham | winner |
| 1996 | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize | Heading Inland | — | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize | winner |
| 2000 | International Dublin Literary Award | Wide Open | — | International Dublin Literary Award | winner |
| 2008 | Hawthornden Prize | Darkmans | — | Hawthornden Prize | winner |
| 2004 | Man Booker Prize | Clear: A Transparent Novel | — | Man Booker Prize | longlist |
| 2007 | Man Booker Prize | Darkmans | — | Man Booker Prize | shortlist |
| 2012 | Man Booker Prize | The Yips | — | Man Booker Prize | longlist |
| 2017 | Goldsmiths Prize | H(a)ppy | — | Goldsmiths Prize | winner |
PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award
1993
対象作品:
Love Your Enemies
主催:
PEN/Macmillan
結果:
co-winner
David Higham Prize for Fiction
1993
対象作品:
Love Your Enemies
主催:
David Higham
結果:
winner
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
1996
対象作品:
Heading Inland
主催:
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
結果:
winner
International Dublin Literary Award
2000
対象作品:
Wide Open
主催:
International Dublin Literary Award
結果:
winner
Hawthornden Prize
2008
対象作品:
Darkmans
主催:
Hawthornden Prize
結果:
winner
Man Booker Prize
2004
対象作品:
Clear: A Transparent Novel
主催:
Man Booker Prize
結果:
longlist
Man Booker Prize
2007
対象作品:
Darkmans
主催:
Man Booker Prize
結果:
shortlist
Man Booker Prize
2012
対象作品:
The Yips
主催:
Man Booker Prize
結果:
longlist
Goldsmiths Prize
2017
対象作品:
H(a)ppy
主催:
Goldsmiths Prize
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
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第55回（1996年） Winner
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第5回（2000年） Winner
Hawthornden Prize
1回登壇
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第68回（2008年） Winner
Goldsmiths Prize
1回登壇
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第5回（2017年） Winner
作品
代表作
Wide Open
1998年 Novel (quirky character-driven)Set on a remote isle, the novel follows eccentric characters and their interactions, blending dark humor and melancholy typical of Barker's work.
isolationhuman eccentricitycommunity breakdown
Darkmans
2007年 Novel (experimental) 838ページAn expansive novel taking place over a few days; despite a minimal describable plot it explores language, time and the imprint of history on English life.
traces of historyurban memoryeveryday anxiety
Clear: A Transparent Novel
2004年 Novel (contemporary)Set in London against the backdrop of a high-profile fasting performance, the novel examines contemporary oddities and characters' solitude.
media and performanceindividual solitude
The Yips
2012年 NovelA novel featuring Barker's trademark eccentric characters; longlisted for the 2012 Booker Prize.
eccentric charactersabsurdities of life
H(a)ppy
2017年 Novel (experimental)An experimentally structured novel that won the 2017 Goldsmiths Prize.
parody of happinesslinguistic experimentation
Love Your Enemies
1993年 Short story collectionA collection of early short stories that garnered awards and recognition in 1993.
strangeness in everyday lifeloneliness of characters
全著作
- Reversed Forecast (1994)
- Small Holdings (1995)
- Wide Open (1998)
- Five Miles from Outer Hope (2000)
- Behindlings (2002)
- Clear: A Transparent Novel (2004)
- Darkmans (2007)
- Burley Cross Postbox Theft (2010)
- The Yips (2012)
- In the Approaches (2014)
- The Cauliflower (2016)
- H(a)ppy (2017)
- I Am Sovereign (2019)
- TonyInterruptor (2025)
- Love Your Enemies (1993)
- Heading Inland (1996)
- The Three Button Trick: Selected Stories (2001)
作風・主題
- 文体
- quirky prose with dark humourexperimental and fragmentary narrationdetail-oriented realism
- 頻出モチーフ
- isolated settingseccentric charactersabnormality within the ordinary
評価・遺産
Nicola Barker is an English writer acclaimed for her quirky humour and experimental narration. Through Booker Prize longlistings/shortlistings and wins such as the Goldsmiths and International Dublin Literary Award, she holds an important place in contemporary English literature.
引用
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"phenomenally good"
出典: Patrick Ness (review in The Guardian) (2007年)
豆知識
- Spent part of her childhood in South Africa after her parents left England.
- Wide Open, Behindlings and Darkmans are considered an informal trilogy centered on the Thames Gateway.
- Won the Goldsmiths Prize in 2017.