The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2018) Winner
Olivia Laing
オリヴィア・レイング
Orivia Reingu
Profile
- Gender
- non-binary
- Born
- 1977-04-14 （Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire → New York → Suffolk
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist, Cultural critic, Deputy Books Editor
- Active Years
- 2011-
- Affiliations
- The Observer, The Guardian
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Virginia Woolf, Kathy Acker
- Influenced
- Arundhati Roy, John Berger
- Nominations
- Ondaatje Prize shortlist (To the River), Gordon Burn Prize shortlists multiple, Goldsmiths Prize shortlist (Crudo), Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist (The Garden Against Time)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sussex | School of English | English | — | ドロップアウト | United Kingdom |
University of Sussex
School of English
/ English
Period:
ドロップアウト
Country:
United Kingdom
Enrolled to study English but dropped out
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Windham-Campbell Literature Prize | — | ノンフィクション | Yale University | 受賞 |
| 2019 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Crudo | フィクション | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Eccles British Library Writer Award | — | — | British Library | 受賞 |
Windham-Campbell Literature Prize
2018
Category:
ノンフィクション
Organization:
Yale University
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
2019
Work:
Crudo
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
Eccles British Library Writer Award
2014
Organization:
British Library
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 100 (2018) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Lonely City
2016 Non-fictionExplores the art of being alone, blending memoir of loneliness in New York with artists' works.
LonelinessArtUrban life
Crudo
2018 FictionA roman-à-clef about the turbulent summer of 2017, homage to Kathy Acker.
PoliticsContemporary historyAutofiction
The Trip to Echo Spring
2013 Non-fictionExplores writers and drinking, traveling across America.
AlcoholismCreativityMemoir
To the River
2011 Non-fictionWalks the Ouse River where Virginia Woolf drowned, reflecting on biography and place.
BiographyHistoryPlace
Everybody
2021 Non-fictionExamines the body via Wilhelm Reich and 20th-century liberation movements.
BodyFreedomLiberation
Bibliography
- To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface (2011)
- The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking (2013)
- The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (2016)
- Crudo (2018)
- Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency (2020)
- Everybody: A Book About Freedom (2021)
- The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise (2024)
Translations of Works
- The Lonely City translated into 20 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Blending cultural criticism and memoirBiographical elementsPsychoanalysisTravel writing
- Recurring Motifs
- LonelinessThe bodyFreedomAlcoholArt
Legacy
A major voice blending cultural criticism, memoir, and biography to map difficult human experiences.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Literature
Trivia
- Non-binary
- Married to poet Ian Patterson
- Lived alone for three months on an abandoned farm near Brighton at age 20
- Trained as a medical herbalist