Premi Flaiano (Flaiano Prizes)
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2001) Winner
Patrick McGrath
パトリック・マグラス
Patorikku Magurasu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1950-02-07 （London, England）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Near Broadmoor Hospital, London → New York City
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Professor
- Active Years
- 1989-
- Affiliations
- The New School, Princeton University
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature
- Nominations
- Guardian Fiction Prize shortlist (Asylum)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham College of Commerce | — | English and American Literature | Honours degree | 1967-1971 | United Kingdom |
Birmingham College of Commerce
English and American Literature
Degree:
Honours degree
Period:
1967-1971
Year of Graduation:
1971
Country:
United Kingdom
Awarded externally by University of London
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Premio Flaiano Prize | Martha Peake | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | 選出 |
| 2018 | Doctor of the University | — | — | University of Stirling | 授与 |
Premio Flaiano Prize
2000
Work:
Martha Peake
Result:
受賞
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
2002
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
選出
Doctor of the University
2018
Organization:
University of Stirling
Result:
授与
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Grotesque
1989 Gothic fictionA grotesque tale
Mental illness
Adaptations
- [Film] The Grotesque / John-Paul Davidson (1995)
Spider
1990 Gothic fictionStory of a mentally disturbed man
Mental illnessUnreliable narrator
Adaptations
- [Film] Spider / David Cronenberg (2002)
Asylum
1996 Gothic fictionForbidden love in an asylum
AdulteryMental illness
Adaptations
- [Film] Asylum / David Mackenzie (2005)
Martha Peake: a Novel of the Revolution
2000 Historical novelStory set during the American Revolution
Revolution
Bibliography
- The Grotesque (1989)
- Spider (1990)
- Dr Haggard's Disease (1993)
- Asylum (1996)
- Martha Peake (2000)
- Port Mungo (2004)
- Trauma (2008)
- Constance (2013)
- The Wardrobe Mistress (2017)
- Last Days in Cleaver Square (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- First-person unreliable narratorGothic narration
- Recurring Motifs
- Mental illnessRepressed homosexualityAdulterous relationships
Legacy
Renowned as a master of gothic fiction, acclaimed for depicting the darkness of the mind.
Archives
- University of Stirling
Trivia
- His father was Medical Superintendent at Broadmoor Hospital.
- Educated at Jesuit boarding schools.