Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1995) Winner
Patrick French
パトリック・フレンチ
Patorikku Furenshi
Aliases:
Patrick Rollo Basil French
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1966-05-28 （Aldershot, England）
- Died
- 2023-03-16 （London, England） age 56
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Aldershot, England → Warminster, England → Edinburgh, Scotland → Ahmedabad, India → London, England
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Writer, Academician
- Active Years
- 1992-2023
- Affiliations
- Free Tibet executive committee, Founding member of the India–UK Round Table, Inaugural Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Ahmedabad University
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for Samuel Johnson Prize (2008)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampleforth College | — | High School | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Edinburgh | English and American Literature | English Literature | MA | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Edinburgh | — | South Asian studies | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
Ampleforth College
High School
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh
English and American Literature
/ English Literature
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
MA in English literature
University of Edinburgh
South Asian studies
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United Kingdom
PhD in South Asian studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Somerset Maugham Award | Younghusband: the Last Great Imperial Adventurer | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Royal Society of Literature's W. H. Heinemann Prize | Younghusband: the Last Great Imperial Adventurer | — | Royal Society of Literature | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Sunday Times Young Author of the Year | Liberty or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division | — | Sunday Times | 受賞 |
| 2008 | National Book Critics Circle Award | The World Is What It Is | — | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Hawthornden Prize | The World Is What It Is | — | — | 受賞 |
Somerset Maugham Award
1994
Work:
Younghusband: the Last Great Imperial Adventurer
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Royal Society of Literature's W. H. Heinemann Prize
1994
Work:
Younghusband: the Last Great Imperial Adventurer
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
受賞
Sunday Times Young Author of the Year
1997
Work:
Liberty or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division
Organization:
Sunday Times
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award
2008
Work:
The World Is What It Is
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
Hawthornden Prize
2009
Work:
The World Is What It Is
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 69 (2009) Winner
Works
Major Works
Younghusband: the Last Great Imperial Adventurer
1994 BiographyBiography of British explorer Francis Younghusband.
ImperialismExploration
Liberty or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division
1997 HistoryIndia's journey to independence and partition.
Independence movementGandhiJinnah
Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land
2003 Travel/HistoryPersonal history and journey through Tibet.
TibetDalai Lama
The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul
2008 BiographyAuthorised biography of Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul.
LiteratureColonialism
India: A Portrait
2011 Non-fictionPortrait of contemporary India.
IndiaSocial change
Bibliography
- Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer (1994)
- The Life of Henry Norman (1995)
- Liberty or Death: India’s Journey to Independence and Division (1997)
- Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land (2003)
- The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul (2008)
- India: A Portrait (2011)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed and passionate narrativeResearch-intensive
- Recurring Motifs
- South Asian historyLegacy of imperialism
Health
-
Cancer晩年Died on 16 March 2023
Legacy
British historian and writer renowned for works on India, Tibet, and the biography of V. S. Naipaul. Esteemed authority on South Asian studies.
Trivia
- Green Party candidate in the 1992 general election.
- Declined OBE in 2003 citing concerns over its motto.